Kailashe Kelenkari - an experience

Today I saw Kailashey Kelenkari (A Killer in Kailash). All thanks to my friend Simanti. She took the pain to get up early in the morning and come to my place as I invited her over breakfast. But let me confess that my aloo ka paratha was a disaster and total flop. Anyway, we two got out and by the time we reached Nandan, there was already an one and half kilometer queue outside the ticket counter to greet us. It took exactly 1 hour and 45 minutes to get the tickets and then we could not think anything else but going to a restaurant and have lunch. As we lost too much time to get the ticket only, we had to shelve our plan to take stroll in the New Market :(

Kailashey Kelenkari started at 4 pm. For non-Bengali readers - The movie Kailashey Kelenkari is based on the famous mystery novel by Satayjit Ray of the same name with private detective Feluda as the protagonist. The movie is directed by his son Snadip Ray. Like Bombaiyer Bombete (The Buccaneers of Bombay), this was also a wonderful one, though I felt it a bit monotonous in the middle. The story was handled very well while the use of mobile phone was mingled very impressively. Mind it, the story was written in 1974 and there was no mention of mobile phone in the novel! Sabyasachi Chakrabarty was as always excellent as Feluda, Parambrata was a braggart as Topse and Bibhu Bhattacharjee an ok as Jatayu. The caves of Ellora are so well shot and well described, just like the novel itself, that it was a pleasure watching the movie. But I really missed Rajatava as I had no idea that he is not in Kailashey Kelenkari. As a whole, it was the grandest experience I could have before leaving Kolkata.

But every time I watch a Feluda movie, I just have a feeling that wish Satyajit Ray was immortal. There's no more story of Feluda left to read. How can I forget spending my entire teenage reading and admiring each and every tale of mystery that Feluda solved so easily - just with his extraordinary wit and intelligence!!!

Nothing can make Christmas merrier!!!

Paulo Coelho wishing for Christmas that also with his special Christmas tale ----- sounds too good to be true? Well, that's exactly what happened to me. Today I just logged in my Gmail and got this mail from none other than Paulo Coelho wishing Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! No wonder, nothing can be as good as getting wish from a favorite author!!!

Preface of the story-

My friend Vidhi gifted me Like the Flowing Rivers by Paulo Coelho last year on my birthday. This was the first time I was reading his writing and instantly I got hooked to his extraordinary sense of spirituality. I took no time to search him in the wiki and got hold of his personal website and blog. In his personal website I got a page where viewers can write message to Paulo Coelho and I wrote one to him. To my extreme surprise, he replied to my message from his personal e-mail id! The day I got that mail, I was literally about to fall from the chair as it was so much unanticipated and unexpected! But it was true as it was signed by him only. This was one of the moments that I will never forget in my life......

Change is what always stays constant

Today I got up as late as possible. It's cold now in Kolkata. It was fun having a day off in the middle of week. But things are different. I can't ignore the feeling of vacuum inside me. As if everything is stopped around me and I'm again on a juncture.

Some Nice Thoughts...

One of the books that I can read again and again.....without getting bored is - Like The Flowing Rivers by Paulo Coelho.

I came across this prayer verse, which I thougt to share with others also:

Lao Tsu, China (Sixth Century BC)

If there is to be peace in the world, the nations must live in peace.

If there is to be peace among nations, the cities must not rise up agaisnt each other.

If there is to be peace in the cities, neighbours must understand each other.

If there is to be peace among neighbours, there must be harmony in the home.

If there is to be peace in the home, we must each find our own heart.

I wonder!!!!

Today as I entered the office, I heard Rabindra Sangeet being played in office music system. It’s always such a soothing feeling listening to any of those masterpieces. I will never be able to explain my true feelings for Rabindra Sangeet in words. AllI can say is – it’s celestial and divine for me.

Anyway, I walked to the systems department and asked them to continue with playing Rabindra Sangeet the entire day. Deep da (the system guy) knows that I’m leaving and he was sweet enough to oblige. But he said me that probably after 1-2 hour he would have to switch to Hindi film songs, as those are more in demand. He was right, aftersome time due to too many requests he had to switch off to Jhankar FM.

The moral of the story is that in a city like Kolkata, when I’m sitting in an office where 95% of the employees are Bengali still the maximum population of them don’t really want to listen to Rabindra Sangeet! This fact is frightening! Will RabindraSangeet be lost in obsolescence after some decades or generations?