Calcutta My Love

Original title: Kaalbela

Goutam Ghosh/ India/ Bengali/ 2009/ color/ 120 minutes

The film is based on Samaresh Majumdar’s novel. It narrates the naxalite movement.  Animesh Mitra arrives at Calcutta from Jalpaiguri for studying at the Scottish Church College. Accidentally gets shot in his limb and admit at the Calcutta Medical College. Animesh makes deep friendship with Debabrata’s daughter Neela. He takes admission in the M.A classes of Scottish Church College on Bengali Literature and ultimately becomes intertwined with the unresting times of the youth intellect. He turns to become a Communist under the mentorship of Ramen and Subash Sen, but after a year he feels that their party has been deviating from the ideals of building up an egalitarian society. With the idealistic ideas of Subhash Sen and others Animesh rediscover himself as a hardcore Naxalite.

Directer: Goutam Ghosh

Producer: Doordarshan, Prasar Bharati

Screenplay: Samaresh Majumdar

Cast: Parambrata Chatterjee, Paoli Dam, Santu Mukherjee, Soumitra Chatterjee

Music: Goutam Ghosh

Cinematography: Bijay Anand,Goutam Ghosh

Editor: Shuvro Roy

Distribution: NFDC