Theatre is my first love: Paran Bandopadhyay

Paran

Bandopadhyay has a day off and is reading all the scripts that have been lying with him for a long time. The actor, who is busy doing 3-4 plays among Mitheybadi, Sottyo Phire Esho, Tobe Kemon Hotoh, loves to perform on stage. “Theatre will always be my first love. I couldn’t attend the premiere of

Ahaa Re

as I had a show,” said the actor. Paran plays Rituparna Sengupta’s doting father in Ahaa Re. “Together, we run a popular home delivery service, and I take pride in my daughter’s culinary skills. He has another hobby – magic! He tries his hand at magical tricks and remains immersed in his quest! A fun loving person, my character

Atanu babu

is the backbone of the film. In real life, he tries to do ‘real magic’! Will he succeed? Or, will he not is the film all about,” said Paran. Ahaa Re is about a rich Muslim chef from Dhaka,

Farhaz

Chowdhury, who has issues with his parents as well as with his girlfriend Shahida, comes to Kolkata on the invitation of his restaurant-owner friend Kamaljeet. Here, he chances upon Basundhara, a middle-class Hindu lady, who runs a home delivery service. “What happens when they meet is what this love story is all about,” said Paran, who is part of Circus er Ghora that also stars Dipankar De, Indrani Haldar, Sumit Samaddar and others. “Circus er Ghora is directed by Ipsita and Rajesh and it is a children's fantasy film,” said the actor.