would have got it dubbed by then i had left from kolkata but people around him including those who spoke hindi well had said geetadi is doing fine but the reality is that her acting suffered since she was focussing so much on her dictiondid he accept the flaweventually he did but said now it is too late in parashuram i wasnt happy with the idea itself baba never did an extensive script he loved doing things extempore he loved the idea and thought it would be a great film but when it was being made i realised it wasnt going in the right direction kharij and akaler sandhane are my favourites and they worked too after that he made ek din achanak he got me a copy of it to chicago it was a hard thing for me to see it and not be able to say i loved it it didnt touch me as much at the emotional level the story felt a little contrivedhow about antareenas an abstract idea it was great but the relationship didnt touch me at the emotional level the design was done before the characters could naturally evolvewhat about amar bhuvanat that time the hindumuslim thing was going on and he wanted to create a fairy tale like atmosphere where the lines arent there the moment you start a narrative with this kind of a thesis there is a chance that you will get lucky but there is a greater likelihood that the thesis might overpower the film that happened with mahaprithibi that wasnt the case with kharij he didnt want to make a film on child labour he liked the story and then went aheadsatyajit ray made nayak with uttam kumar when sen made raat bhor with the star he disowned ithe later admitted that he didnt know how to make films when he made it i was just born then when my mother was in labour she was admitted to the nursing home he was busy with a whole night shoot in the evening when he came to visit my mother in the nursing home he asked ki kichhu holo any news when its going to happen my mother was very upset and said hoye gechhe there was another incident that maa recalls that evening she wasnt well and baba wanted to watch some film society screening when maa asked him how he could go leaving her in such a condition he got mad and said bou more gele arekta hobe kintu ei chhobi chole gele aar dekhte pabonathis seems straight like a chiranjeet dialogueis it im sure he didnt mean it but thats what he had saiddespite being a fine actress why didnt your mother do that many moviesshe got many good offers from other filmmakers like goutam ghose and aparna sen but she would make excuses of walking out she comes from a generation where the mind was indoctrinated that the wifes main responsibility is to support her husband