shall i pose with a cigarette she asks teasing the camera with a smile its shocking as arpita is not known to be a smoker no no im actually doing a bengali film where im expected to smoke a lot she quickly clarifies ask her about husband prosenjit chatterjees smoking habits and she says no way bumbada quit smoking four years back that might be seen as just a concerned wife speaking but in real life arpita is very much a funloving girl in her 30s as we meet her for a morning chat she opens up on films love life and the tag of tollywoods first lady which she never was excerpts on january 6 your son mishuk turned 11 was there a grand celebration this year i couldnt arrange a gala party as i was hardpressed for time even then the kids had a good time i took 15 of them to a gaming parlour where they played their hearts out after that they gorged on fried chicken these are all mishuks old friends from our previous neighbourhood in fact i didnt need to worry at all as they were busy with their own things you must be missing him a lot missing is an understatementfor the past five days he is only counting hours every morning he wakes up and says four more days three more days and sums it up with i dont want to go this is something he always says my only request to bumbada is to drop mishuk to his hostel physically i break down every time he goes away generally i travel alone to drop him but take ill once ive done my job it takes a toll on me psychologically also i am growing old i cant take the stress anymore so winter and summer are the only time that the chatterjees come together what with mishuk living in pune you in delhi and prosenjit in kolkata out of 365 days i am with my son for 98 days bumbadas schedule depends on his work in delhi i have begun a startup with a friend we produce audiovisual content for smartphones we are doing it for the past two and a half years when you start something new you need to dedicate a lot of time and energy to it the company is like a newborn to medo you miss family time i miss my son if my son isnt in kolkata it doesnt matter who else is there i try my best to stay as little in the city as possible when he is not around also mishuk hates the idea of me spending time in kolkata in his absence kolkata is paradise for him give him all the holiday choices in the world like paris switzerland london and he will still opt for kolkata he often calls up to find out where i am suppose i am in the city for a puja or some