Riingo eats, sleeps and drinks films

He has been living in this rented house for over nine years now. That���������s enough time to stamp it with his signature.
And that���������s something you realize as soon as you step inside Riingo���������s pad. It���������s obviously a filmmaker���������s home, and blown-up movie posters are part of the d������cor, lining the walls of the staircase.But the real deal is the room on the mezzanine floor, which has a wall-to-wall collection of DVDs. It���������s enough to tell you that the owner only eats, sleeps and drinks films.
THE WALL
Riingo has redefined the concept of The Wall. It���������s classic neighbours��������� envy and owner���������s pride ��������� with a floor to ceiling collection of some 4,000 DVDs. ���������I started collecting in 2001/02. When I used to work in Bangladesh, I had a similar DVD library there. After returning to Kolkata, watching movies was my only addiction. I began collecting DVDs of movies, music videos, diploma films and documentaries. And it���������s not just movies of Ray, Ghatak and Uttam Kumar, I have a huge collection of films by Bhanu Bandopadhyay and Bikash Roy. A rare Thai cinema collection forms an important part of the world movies series. Besides, I have a large number of sports films,��������� he says. So, when people walk in and see the fab collection, don���������t they want to borrow DVDs? ���������I never lend my movies out,��������� Riingo says. Biographies of the great masters, live concert recordings to silent Sherlock Holmes movies ��������� Riingo has them all in his collection. The price tag of his wall? Roughly 2.5 lakh.
TABLE ART
On his travels, the director is also in the habit of picking up knickknacks for his den. He points to a stool ��������� covered in amazing film graffiti ��������� he picked up from Bangladesh. ���������They have a unique way of marketing movies there. Just before a release, the producer gets posters of the film painted on stools and has them delivered to movie-goers��������� residences. I have this stool that promotes the movie ���������Chokher Jol��������� starring Shabnur,��������� he says.
LIGHTS, CAMERA, CUT
Two years ago, Riingo set up his own editing studio in his pad. ���������This is one of the most high-end editing studios for digital cinema in Kolkata. After having shot my movies, I edit them here. But I don���������t have any plans of letting out the editing studio on rent. At night when my work gets over, I snuggle into a makeshift bed right here with my two dogs ��������� Simba and Ninja!��������� he says.