I am aware that there was a general opinion among people that I was close to Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, among other Left leaders. Yes, I was close to them because I had to work closely with the state government.

Ours was a family of engineers with no political affiliation; art and culture were the only things that we discussed at home.

I started a festival of short films produced for television, and as the secretary of the organisation that ran it I used to work very closely with the state government.

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