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Bollywood actress Tanushree Dutta has broken out of her "screen siren" mould in her latest movie, Saas Bahu Aur Sensex. Directed by Canadian filmmaker Shona Urvashi, the movie - which opened in South Africa on Friday - is a comedy drama set against the backdrop of the Mumbai stock market. Dutta, 23, who made her screen debut three years ago, told the Sunday Times Extra that while producers liked her "freshness", she was often cast in glamour roles. "I was slotted into a particular genre because they felt I could not act beyond looking glamorous on screen. It was a mild way of saying I was incompetent of performing more serious and intense roles. In Saas Bahu Aur Sensex, she plays Nitya Sen, a young woman who abandons her ambition of studying for an MBA in the United States after her parents' divorce. She accompanies her mother - who becomes involved in the stock market - to Mumbai to start a new life. There they develop their relationship and personal goals. The former Miss India will also be the first Bollywood actress to play a superhero in the forthcoming children's film Rama the Saviour.