North Kolkata Calling !!

What would be our feelings when we suddenly see a   a renowned film actress of our time -aged and walking with the support of a walking stick ? Am sorry for such a beginning but the aftershock effect of such an experience compelled me to react in the fashion that I did. On my second thought I justified the situation as quite normal. In fact she was doing the correct thing and should get adequate appreciation for the same. When there was time she utilized it completely in her favor and became a much sort after heroin. Popular actors of her time like Uttam Kumar , Soumitra Chatterjee etc were heroes while she was the heroin. She was the favorite heroines of Directors like Satyajit Ray, Ritwik Ghatak and others ! Yes she is Madhabi Mukherjee- the Evergreen Bengali Film Actress !

It was wednesday when my wife and myself decided to  spend some quality time together. We finally choose to watch a movie at Star Theater that was not very far from the place where we lived. After primary enquiry we came to know that Doob with Irrfan Khan  & Parno Mitra was the latest show. Hence we entered the hall with the hope to spend few moments of entertainment ! Our hopes were shattered within  few minutes when we found ourselves face to face with an Art film which needed a lot of attention and intellectual alertness .We however took it in good spirit and settled down  as calmly as possible to watch the on going scenes. It would't be out of place to recall that we grew up  watching Satyajit Ray, Mrinal Sen, Ritwik Ghatak etc and had repeated debates about their details over cups of coffee at Coffee House .Those were the days when  Shakti Chattopadhyay,Sunil Ganguly, Soumitra Chatterjee, Aparna Sen etc...