MUMBAI: After a long gap of 18 years, two of the most accomplished actors of Indian cinema Naseeruddin Shah and Shabana Azmi are working together in a ten-minute short Rice Plate directed by Rohit Roy in Sanjay Gupta’s Dus Kahaniyaan.

Releasing on 23 November 2007, Eros International and White Feather Films’ first project together Dus Kahaniyaan has an unusual concept. Produced by Sanjay Dutt and Sanjay Gupta, it has 10 stories directed by six different directors including Apurva Lakhia, Hansal Mehta, Jasmeet Dhodi, Meghna Gulzar, Rohit Roy and Sanjay Gupta himself.

Rice Plate illustrates the communal divide in Mumbai. Shabana, who plays an orthodox Tamil Brahmin in Rice Plate, has undergone a complete transformation to get her Tamilian accent, tone and gait right. However this isn't the first time she plays a Tamil, having played such a role in Mahesh Dattani's Morning Raga. Whereas, Naseer plays a Muslim. The film is about a life-changing chance encounter between these two strangers from totally different cultural zones.

After memorable performances together in movies like Paar, Sparsh and Masoom, audiences will wait to see them creating magic once again.