Spectacular locales where ‘Avijatrik’ was shot ‘Apart from many other exotic vintage locations in Varanasi, we also shot on those very places where Aparajito and Joy Baba Felunath were filmed’
The film
Avijatrik is the concluding part of the epic novel Aparajito by Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay and sequel to the great Apu Trilogy by Satyajit Ray. So I did not take any chance and resort to any compromise in terms of production value and film aesthetics. My senior team members were also up to this monumental task, so that we can pay a perfect homage to those masters. Visually, I wanted this film to be as exotic and as breathtaking as it can be, to portray the real India, to portray the wanderlust of Apu. The visual journey is equally complemented by the diverse authentic soundscape design by Tirthankar Majumdar and a brilliant original score by Bickram Ghosh, so that audio visuall
Five days after the Darjeeling hills voted, leaders of three rival groups, the Bimal Gurung and Binay Tamang factions of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, and the BJP were back on the streets this time to distribute masks and sanitise neighbourhoods.
Leaders and workers of the Tamang camp went around Darjeeling town distributing “around 10,000” masks to those not wearing them.
At the same time, Gurung supporters were seen sanitising the town and distributing “around 8,000” masks.
In Kalimpong, the BJP’s youth wing was also seen distributing masks.
Vikram Rai from the Tamang camp said that they had formed a group called Hamro Pahad Covid Warriors whose members were also actively involved in a “surveillance committee” formed by the GTA during the first wave of the pandemic last week.
[17-Dec-20: Cooch Behar to Lava Continued]
At Lava I made a stop to have some tea and momos and also called up my home. With video calls, showed them the blue skies and bright sunshine whereas in the plains it was mostly foggy during that time.Again tried for some cash at the ATMs but none were working. Though I was assured by Yuru Retreat that they accept debit cards. I took my nice shots of the road during the journey and breaking almost every 15-20 mins I managed to reach Yuru around 4 in the afternoon. If, I hadn’t made the stops, it doesn’t take more than 4.5 hours to reach Kalimpong from Cooch Behar.