Stating that Konkona was obvious choice to lead The Rapist, National Award-winner Aparna says film probes what leads men to commit the heinous crime
Aparna Sen was often haunted by a question: What is it that turns a man into a rapist? Her pursuit for an answer led her to make The Rapist, starring Konkana Sen Sharma and Arjun Rampal. “The film raises several questions. What turns a man into a rapist? Because nobody is born as one! Is it his environment, or his insecurities? Rape is about power and not about sex. Could the need to assert power be because in a [patriarchal] society, men feel insecure as more women become successful? Is it because men know they can get away with rape as even now, so many women remain silent out of shame? I don’t know the answer myself,” begins Sen.
