Shooting for Curzoner Kolom was like an acting workshop for me: Shaheb

Souvik Mitra's

Curzoner Kolom

is a comic caper revolving around north Kolkata's Mittir Bari. More than a 100 years back, the family was gifted a gold pen by Lord

Curzon

, who had come to inaugurate their Durga Puja. The family now needs to auction the pen to save the house from falling on bad times. But nobody can locate the pen which was hidden by Panchubrata, the then head of the family , despite the clues he gave out on his death bed.“The film shows how Pupu -the eldest daughter of this generation -and her childhood friend, Tatu (played by me), try to crack the clues to find the pen. The clues are a little tricky and that makes their journey even more interesting. The audience needs to watch the film to find out if the duo is successful in their amateur sleuth apprenticeship to find the pen,“ said

Shaheb Bhattacherjee

. Several hilarious incidents unfold in their quest to spot the missing pen, resulting in a laugh riot. “With actors like Kanchanda (Mullick), Kharajda (Mukherjee) and Paranda (Bandopadhyay) in the same film, it turned out to be more of an acting workshop for me. There's so much to learn from them. And I must say the makeup room was nothing less than a para club but once the camera started rolling every actor was in character,“ said Shaheb.

Talking about her co-actor, Poulomi Das, who plays Pupu in the film, said, “Shaheb used to scold me on the sets but it ultimately helped me perform better. He is the one who taught me how to take the light during a shot.Also, our director is super cool and gives a lot of space to his actors. But at the same time, he challenges his actors, thus helping them deliver better.“