Film featuring Anindyee had scene of cafe, terrorist

PUNE: The eerie connect between events in Anindyee Dhar’s life and her tragic death in the German Bakery blast continues.A day before the blast, the 19-year-old had asked for thedefinition of death in her poetry class at Fergusson College. Now, ayet-to-be-completed film by a direction student, which featured Anindyee, has ascene showing her sitting in a cafe with friends when a terrorist walksin.Anindyee, her brother Ankik, and three other friends werecelebrating Ankik’s promotion at German Bakery when the blast killedthem.The news made Pranjal Dua’s hair stand on end. Thesecond-year direction student of the Film and Television Institute of India(FTII) here said, ‘‘Anindyee, who was interested in film-making,would visit FTII as she had some friends there. In September last year, she camethere during the shooting of this film. I was looking for actors for the filmand she agreed to play a role. She was, in fact, a good actor and I gave her thelead part.’’Recalling the scene in the film, Dua says,‘‘She is sitting in a cafe with friends when a terrorist, who couldpass off as any other customer, walks in. It is uncanny that something verysimilar had to happen in her life.’’ Dua could not complete the filmfor some reasons, but is determined to do so. ‘‘My priority now isto complete the film. I will dedicate it to Anindyee’smemory,’’ he says.Anindyee’s college friendsremember her as a girl with many interests. She did well in English andeconomics, and had a passion for photography, acting and film-making.‘‘She was good at everything she did and had a multi-facetedpersonality. She always wanted to go into details of everything shestudied,’’ said Reet, a close friend andclassmate.Students of the photography class at Fergusson college saythe class will not be the same without Anindyee. No lecture was scheduled forMonday but many students came to the photography section. Many of them wereinconsolable while talking about their friend.