An ode to Cinema

The premiere of the film is within an hour,and Parambrata Chatterjee is in a rush.

Parambrata Chatterjee’s directorial debut is what he calls ‘Tarantino meet Tapan Sinha’

The premiere of the film is within an hour,and Parambrata Chatterjee is in a rush. I need to be in Priya to welcome the guests, he says. The premiere at Priya will see the realisation of a long affair. An affair that began a few years ago. Rudranil had an idea and we developed it into a script. That’s how Jio Kaka was born. We shot the film before I left for Bristol to study filmmaking, says Parambrata.

The trailers of the film indicate a quirky take on the Bengali film industry. An Almodovaresque mix of chance and coincidence if you will. I wouldn’t say Jio Kaka is like a Pedro Almodovar film. It’s more light-hearted,more breezy. I feel it’s a curious mix of Tapan Sinha and Quentin Tarantino, laughs Parambrata.

The film narrates the struggles of three youngsters who want a break in Tollywood. The unusual friendship that they forge with a Tollywood diva,played by Rituparna Sengupta,is the focal point of Jio Kaka. Youngsters in different fields,be it Information Technology or the media,are pushing the envelope. They don’t want to play by the rules anymore. I wanted to explore that aspect about ambition. I wanted to see how it works in the film industry scenario, says Parambrata

More than anything else,Jio Kaka is his personal tribute to the Bengali film industry. My roots are here. No matter where I go I will always be passionate about Tollywood. Through Jio Kaka,I want to pay my respects to an industry which has given us some of the most important directors of all times, sums up Parambrata.

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