![]() ![]() Can the trope of food bridge cultural divides? Epaar and opaar (West and East) Bengalis are known for their fights over chingri (prawn) and ilish (hilsa), as legendary as Mohun Bagan versus East Bengal. Ghosh, who grew up in Durgapur and traces his roots to Bangladesh’s Faridpur, wanted to make a crossover film. Basundhara offers food to her dead husband, too,” says Ghosh, 36, a foodie who cannot cook to save his life, except for omelettes. “Birth, onnoprashon (first meal), proposals and break-ups, marriage and death – there’s always food. ![]() The film teases with its food close-ups, history and anecdotes – from khichdi dating to Greek dynast Seleucus (305-281 BC), malai curry to Malaysia, to how Swami Vivekananda, in 1899, bargained 20 hilsas for Re 1 near Padma river and could only purchase pui shaak (Malabar spinach) from a villager on the condition that Vivekananda had to take him as his disciple. ![]()
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