Love and longing in Kolkata Cast: Abir Chatterjee, Mimi Chakraborty, Swastika Dutta, Rohit Gupta, Debopriyo Mukherjee, Kinjal Nanda Rating...
Love and longing in Kolkata
Cast: Abir Chatterjee, Mimi Chakraborty, Swastika Dutta, Rohit Gupta, Debopriyo Mukherjee, Kinjal Nanda
Rating: 3*
Premendu Bikash Chaki’s rom-com Alaap is a breezy though poignant take on a comedy of errors delving into the complexities of relationships in today’s world.
Pablo Majumder aka PM (Abir) and Aditi Mitra
aka AM (Mimi) are IT professionals working in different IT firms. Both need accommodation close to their place of work in Sector V. By a twist of
fate they end up being flatmates but fail to meet each other as AM
does day shifts and PM is on night shifts. Despite not meeting in person AM and PM strike up a relationship via post-it notes over household
chores and food. When Pablo discovers that AM is a girl he starts falling for
her. Before he can do anything about it Aditi leaves for her new job in Delhi. Meanwhile, Pablo’s overbearing mother fixes his marriage with his childhood friend Swatilekha
(Swastika), but his heart still yearns to meet Aditi at least once in person.
Do they meet or does destiny have other plans for them?
Abir is sweet and lovable as the guy next
door looking perpetually sleepy and blinking his eyes tiredly. Mimi impresses as
the streetsmart Aditi. The duo share great chemistry despite their limited personal
interactions. Rohit Gupta, as the greedy but affable flat caretaker Sukhlal, takes
care of the comedy quotient. The others in the star cast including AM and PM’s colleagues,
AM’s over-anxious mother, or his well-meaning neighbour, are characters you come across in real life. Anupam Roy’s compositions add to the romance.
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