Battle for good cinema will continue: Bappaditya

Ahead of his first schedule for Kolkata 2012, Bappaditya Bandopadhyay talks about how he wants to pack in eight stories in a film of two hours.What���s the benchmark when you decided which stories of marginalised people you will be narrating in Kolkata 2012?Personal experiences are my benchmark. I write my stories based on my interaction with them. When I did Houseful, I knew the characters from my personal experiences.Quite a number of movies have been made weaving multiple stories. How do you plan to avoid the problem of balance while interconnecting these stories?There are eight stories that I have chosen. The duration of the movie is two hours. I will not be giving equal billing to all the stories. They will run parallel to each other. Some of them may not even have a definite ending.Are your stories based on real life characters? Will it have a documentary feel to it?These are all inspired from real life. But this is a feature film. I will fictionalize the events.Give a lowdown on what you will be shooting in the first schedule of the movie��� Shooting for the first schedule will be held between July 13 and July 26. The first story is about a person who wants to go away from the city though deep inside, he can���t leave Kolkata. Rudranil Ghosh plays the protagonist of this story. The second will be of a lady bus conductor. Rupa Bhattacharya will play the role. The third story is about a man in Chinatown who loves to each chowmein and a girl who works in a chili sauce company. Rahul will play the lead in this movie. With Bengali movies not doing well at the box-office this year, what gives you the courage to start another film?I have been struggling since 1998. I have survived for this long and the battle for good cinema will continue.