Ritwick and Paoli reunite in Pritha Chakraborty’s next ‘Paharganj Halt’

What do we understand by love? How many different types of loves do we experience? Valentine’s Day is the perfect occasion to ask these questions and Pritha Chakraborty is all set to bring forth her next feature film, to answer all these questions.
After receiving appreciation from all corners for her last film ‘Mukherjee Dar Bou’, the young filmmaker is ready to start her new film ‘Paharganj Halt’, with Paoli Dam and Ritwick Chakraborty in the lead.The film reunites these two powerhouse actors after almost 3 years. Paoli and Ritwick were last seen together in the film ‘Shantilal O Projapoti Rahashya’. Pritha’s new film is bankrolled by a well-known Kolkata production house who previously gave us films like ‘Sweater’, ‘Abar Bachhor Kuri Pore’, ‘Bhotbhoti’ to name a few.

Interestingly, while the world celebrates romance and the usual love stories we hear, ‘Paharganj Halt’ introduces the concept of self-love on Valentine’s Day. An excited Paoli Dam said, “I am very glad to be part of a project like Paharganj Halt because it’s a very different kind of storytelling. And in this film, we will talk about ‘Self Love’ which is a very important concept to understand because we hardly think of ourselves as worth loving. I hope this film will teach us better.”
‘Usually when we are offered scripts, it is a romantic story of a man and a woman. That’s what is expected out of castings like this but what attracted me to this script was how differently this film handles a male-female relationship. It has very relatable, run-of-the-mill characters but a uniquely told story,’ said Ritwick Chakraborty while commenting on the film.
Though tight lipped about the story, Pritha who has also penned the story says, “As a filmmaker, I have always tried to explore the multiple layers of human relations and experiences. The way Mukherjee Dar Bou talked about the less explored side of a mother and daughter-in-law’s relation; Paharganj Halt will also showcase the extraordinary layers of human experience of very ordinary characters.”

While the title of the film draws a picture of a quaint little town with a potential of rare stories, the audience has to wait to find out more.
It’s often said that films hold up a mirror to society. But only a handful succeeds in it and Pritha managed to do it in her last film ‘Mukherjee Dar Bou’. So you can expect yet another heartwarming film exploring human psyche.