Paharganj Halt: Paoli, Ritwick Chakraborty pair up for Pritha Chakraborty’s next

After, the success of Mukherjee Da’r Bou, Pritha Chakraborty is all set to start her new film, Paharganj Halt, with Paoli Dam and Ritwick Chakraborty as her leads. The film reunites these powerhouse performers after almost three years after Pratim D Gupta’s Shantilal O Prajapati Rohoshyo. 

Interestingly, while the world celebrates romantic love on Valentine’s Day, Paharganj Halt introduces the concept of self-love. Paoli 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.”

Talking about the script, Ritwick said, “Usually when we are offered scripts of romantic films, it is often a love story between a man and 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 characters but a uniquely told story.”

Pritha is tight-lipped about the story. “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 relationship; Paharganj Halt will also showcase the extraordinary layers of the human experiences of very ordinary characters,” she said. 

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