to answer to his call to free the country however things didnt happen the way he had expected in that sense i find the dilli chalo call to be both inspiring and tragic the director addedshyambazar fivepoint crossingthe drive from maidan to the shyambazar fivepoint crossing meant negotiating crazy traffic thankfully the crowd was decent and the duo could stand at the crossroad briefly as the traffic whizzed by this statue is perhaps the most important landmark of the city sculpted by nagesh yoglekar it was unveiled by the kolkata municipal corporation in 1969 it is one of the finest statues of netaji on a horse it is possible that the horses pose was inspired by sir james outram statue which was in the maidan during the british days there was again a comment by some people that the horse looks a bit plump said gm kapurit is the heroism in the pose of this statue that had always attracted srijit when he was a child i am aware of the controversy surrounding the pose of this statue it is true that netaji never went to war riding a horse however this statue has always held a lot of significance for me my grandfathers house was in kashipur i would regularly cross this stretch and look at this statue in wonder my first pencil sketch as a four or fiveyearold was of this netaji statue srijit informedwellington squarewhile the shyambazar statue has been familiar srijit had never been inside the wellington square to see this statue up close and personal unveiled on march 4 1984 this statue stands on the same square raja subodh mullick square where netaji had resigned as the congress president at the aicc meeting that was held on april 29 1939 it is my first visit here in fact my film also has a sequence to show the moment when netaji had signed as the congress president srijit saidnetaji subhash chandra bose international airportthe final stop was the netaji subhash chandra bose international airport as the car drove down the flyover one could see the towering statue of netaji when the car slowed down a bit prosenjit decided to freeze the moment for the birthday boy as the star went behind the camera srijit said in our film there is an interesting dialogue that refers to this statue i wanted to end the tour in front of this statue in many ways this place is very significant in the context of netaji the airport is named after him the first statue that anyone sees after landing in kolkata is that of netaji i feel that is a fitting tribute to a hero