She is eagerly awaiting to delve into the 1940s era after being penciled in to play Saadat Hasan Manto's wife Safia in Nandita Das's directorial on the literary genius. But actress Rasika Dugal says she regrets how she can't essay the "wonderful" role of the multi-faceted writer, who will be brought alive on the silver screen by Nawazuddin Siddiqui.

"I hadn't heard about Safia, Manto's wife. Very often, we don't hear about writers' family and instead we know about their muses or relationship with other writers and friendships. So, I had heard about Manto's friendships, but never about his wife. Nandita mentioned it to me," Rasika told IANS in an interview on her role in the movie, titled "Manto".