tete-a-tea with Rahul Bose and Konkona

With Konkona and Rahul Bose at ITC Dublin

August 11, 2015: Last weekend I was into many things. On Friday there was another session of tete-a-tea at the Dublin, ITC Sonar, in which the guests were Rahul Bose and Konkona Sen. They were in conversation with Suman Mukhopadhyay.

This was the first time we had two tete-a-tea events within a week because Suman Mukhopadhyay requested us and our media partner, The Telegraph, to organize it since both Rahul and Konkona were in town.

With Rahul Bose, Konkona and Mannoj Jain

I had the event at the ITC Sonar after quite a few years. ITC Sonar was my destination for most of my events from the time of Ranvir Bhandari and Anil Chadha, and then, all my activities shifted to The Taj Bengal. I think the ambience at Dublin came out quite nicely and I look forward to more events in ITC Sonar.

In the evening I went to attend the premiere of Shesher Kobita at the Quest Mall and then had a quiet dinner at the Bombay Brasserie. From there, I went for the 10 pm movie show of Mission Impossible - Rogue Nation. It was quite an entertaining movie and of course you cannot compare the acting skills of Rebecca Ferguson and Tom Cruise.

With Wiccan High Priestess Ipsita and her daughter Deepta

On August 8 I hosted a small dinner at The English Pub, The Conclave, to celebrate the launch of Deepta Roy Chakraverti' book “Bhangarh to Bedlam” which was released the next day at Taj Bengal. 

At the launch of Bhangarh to Bedlam

Both Deepta and her mother Ipsita Roy Chakraverti were there along with Aditya Ahluwalia and Swati Chopra who represent the publishing firm Life Positive – the publishers of the book. There were few others who also attended the dinner.

In the evening I attended the wedding of Dev’s sister at the Indoor Recreation Centre, (Big Lawn AC Hanger), Jheel Meel, Salt Lake.

This approaching week is also full of movie activities. Tomorrow the Governor of West Bengal is slated to watch a special show of Belaseshe at the Quest Mall. 

On Thursday, August 13, Belaseshe will celebrate 100-day success at the Bengal Club. Again on Friday there is a premiere in Priya of Churni Ganguly’s film.

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