kolkata he is an ngo worker from france and she a nurse in a kolkata hospital she nurses his fractured leg and gets him back on his feet they fall in love but before they can unite she dies in a midnight fire at the hospital burning calcutta a trilingual indofrench film now being shot in the city has shades of a reallife tragedy that occurred two years ago but the film which has got two foreign actors in the lead has more to it than just the fire and the city according to director kajal chaudhury its a love story set in kolkata and the hospital fire is just the trigger it is more about love and relationships said chaudhury who is based in paris since 1994 he however admits that the amri fire in 2011 was the catalyst for the story in fact chaudhury had rushed to the hospital after he watched the news on tv i happened to be in kolkata then and couldnt stop myself from visiting the spot it was a traumatic experience for the patients families and the tragedy kept haunting me for months i have been planning to make a film in the backdrop of the fire ever since he said british actor mathew rutherford plays jean yves the french ngo worker while french actress marion ossent portrays his friend charlotte suparna malakar plays rimita ghosh the nurse who falls in love with jean in the film for the two actors from abroad shooting at purple movie town studio on the southern fringes of the city has been an enlightening experience none had ever visited india before but are acquainted with indian films rutherford in fact recalls having watched the mahabharata on tv back in the nineties it was a colourfully produced epic that i loved then of course i have watched shah rukh khans films bollywood musicals are enjoyable he said even though he hasnt watched any of rays films rutherford is aware that kolkata is the maestros city so its nice to be shooting here marion on the other hand arrived in the city a week before shooting commenced she even travelled to santiniketan last week and tried local food i am all excited because this is my first fulllength film so far i have acted in short films back in france she said for rutherford burning calcutta is his sixth film an actor on the london stage he has so far played varied characters on screen i have played a romantic lead and even a psychopath said rutherford who is also a musician he is taken by the sleek purple movie town studio and found the shooting quite methodical they have got all the necessary departments and shooting here is no different from any other part of the world he said and he has been gorging on local food as well i have fallen in love with dal potatoes ghugni rui maach and mishti doi i also love the vegetable