Pratibha Ranta opens up about her Poland go to: It’s such a secure place to be at for me as a lady

Pratibha Ranta went to Kraków and cherished the meals there. “Then I went to Zakopane and it was so lovely with the mountains throughout. I went for a hike there and we walked for six hours up after which six hours down. It was fairly difficult and I spotted how essential it’s to be ready on a trek as a result of we didn’t even have water, and it felt like we have been dying. However once we reached our vacation spot, all of it felt value it,” she recollects.

Ask her if she discover any similarities between India and Poland and she or he says, “Additionally they have good household worth system. I even made a pleasant buddy there who advised me about how shut he’s to his household and that felt so relatable.” However what appealed to Pratibha probably the most was the security within the nation: “It’s such a secure place to be at for me as a lady. I might roam outdoors at midnight with none concern.”

Being a vegetarian, Pratibha had restricted meals choices, however she skilled the flexibility of a potato on her journey. “They’ve totally different form of potatoes, like smashed potatoes, baked potatoes, boiled potatoes and no matter you may consider. They make potatoes in so many scrumptious kinds. And that jogged my memory of Shimla as a result of rising up there, we’d have a number of potatoes as a snack. Nonetheless, individuals right here take potatoes very critically and have a correct meal out of it. I acquired one recipe additionally from them by which they make potatoes in butter and milk. I’ll strive that,” she gushes.

Pratibha, whose movie Laapataa Women turned India’s official entry to the Oscars 2025, additionally shares how fashionable the movie has turn into in Poland. “I met fairly just a few Indians in Poland and I used to be so delighted to know after they advised me that Laapataa Women was working in theaters there they usually all loved it. It is so lovely to know the type of love that movie is getting from internationally,” she says.

The actor provides that she cherished the native trend too: “Their dressing and their tradition is so vibrant. I noticed some ladies in Zakopane sporting very cute floral skirts and really good shorts on prime, and my native buddy advised me it’s their conventional gown,” she shares, including she purchased one thing again from her grandfather. “I acquired my grandfather a Polish cap, as a result of he loves to gather a number of caps. It’s handmade with Polish fur.” Pratibha is already raring to return there. “I nonetheless have to find extra locations,” she ends.