Tannishtha Chatterjee on Nazeen in :
"Nazneen in Brick Lane has been my biggest challenge so far, because she's not Indian," Chatterjee said in an interview with DNA. "She's is a Bangladeshi immigrant who becomes a British national. She ages from 17-35 and has three children. My grandparents came from Rajshahi in Bangladesh, so I absorbed details like the food or the way you nazar utaro (ward off the evil eye)."