The Big B-starrer Piku director Shoojit Sircar misses the tram ride of his city and the 'parar adda'.
"I get to travel in local trains in Mumbai, I have often boarded metred autorickshaws in Mumbai, but you will get to board a tram only in Kolkata. The sheer romanticism in travelling by the tinkling tram car can't be felt anywhere else," Shoojit told PTI after launching music of his second Bengali production Open Tee Bioscope.
This nostalgia, derived from little things of life, inspired him as a film maker to choose simple themes, one can relate to, as subject of his films, from Vicky Donor to the latest Piku, Shoojit explained.
"One thing so elevating about Kolkata and Bengla is the sense of camaraderie, of informality, of bonding which I had cherished for years. This helped in my bonding with John Abraham and Ronie Lahiri as producer and we the trio together make a trident of close pals," Shoojit said.
"That is why my second Bengali film Open Tee Bioscope celebrates friendship in different ways, the friendship of us three as backing a nost;gia-ridden film, the friendship of director-music director-lyricist Anindyo Chattopadhyay and Upal, the real life friendship of the reel gang of teenagers, as we keep and value friendship over and above everything else," Shoojit said.
Shoojit said he took up the script of 'Open Tee Bioscope' as it reminded him of own adoloscent days of first cigarette puff, first stealing a glimpse of a girl, first class bunking to attend film screenings and the on-field tiffs at para tournaments.
