- Parambrata Chattopadhyay, who is filming in Bhopal, anticipates a quiet and laid-back Diwali.
- The actor-director won’t be spending this Diwali or Kali Puja with his family in Kolkata.
- Instead, it will be a working Diwali for him.
As he is away from both his “homes in Mumbai and Kolkata,” Parambrata Chattopadhyay, who is filming in Bhopal, anticipates a quiet and laid-back Diwali. As he would be busy filming in Bhopal until the end of the month, the actor-director won’t be spending this Diwali or Kali Puja with his family in Kolkata. Instead, it will be a working Diwali for him.
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“This time I will miss all the fun of the festive season back home and most of all the Kali puja performed at my house in Kolkata. But I am happy that I will get a chance to witness the festival of lights being celebrated in another city in our country. I hope I have a day off from shoot on Diwali and play cricket with the unit that day,” says the actor.
Every year, he has friends over on Kali Puja “with lots of lights, good food and drinks”. “I like having friends over and that’s my way of celebrating festivals. Though, Kali Puja is celebrated in West Bengal with lot of fanfare and it becomes a double whammy as the day after it Diwali. So we enjoy both days and the two-day holiday though Diwali is celebrated with calmer mode of fun.” he says. He said that when he was younger, he used to keep track of which of his friends and cousins had the most crackers for the two-day holiday.
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“These days there are restrictions on crackers so often people stick to crackers that emit light than noisy ones. As a kid, it was fascinating to compare crackers and pile them up and save some for the next day,” he reminisces. The actor, who has spent the majority of the year away from home, admits he is “missing home” and has plans to give out candy and presents to the unit members in Bhopal.
