Welcome to the world of Parineeta

A classic written on paper in the early 20th century. A classic made on celluloid in the early 21st century. Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's Parineeta was unfolded to the world through the rich canvas of Vidhu Vinod Chopra in June 2005. Co-written and directed by ad film-maker Pradeep Sarkar, the cinematic adaptation went on to storm the UK Top 10 charts and the US Top 25 charts apart from being at the top of the heap in India. A film correspondent with The Telegraph, the largest selling English daily in eastern India, I had the priviledge of being "with" the film throughout — from the shooting on the first day in a chilly Siliguri to the global premiere at the 650-year-old Pathe Tsuchinski theatre in Amsterdam. I have never written so much — quantitatively and qualitatively — about any single movie. But Parineeta was always meant to be special. Here's how my fingers worked on the keyboard as I wrote about Pradipda's film from October 2004 to June 2005...