Once Upon a Time in Calcutta (2021) on Netflix
Ela, a bereaved mother, wants out of her husband's house and a life of her own. Refused a bank loan, she turns to her boss, who runs a ponzi scheme.
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Plot summary
Ela's mother danced in cabarets and had an affair with Amar Ghosh, who owned Circarena, an iconic North Calcutta theater with the first revolving stage in Asia. Ela, her daughter, is a bereaved mother who wants to leave her husband's house and live on her own. Ela's step-brother Bubu lives alone in that theater, now abandoned. Banks will not lend Ela the money for a house, so she turns to her boss, who runs a ponzi scheme.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Once Upon a Time in Calcutta (2021)
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- Aditya Vikram Sengupta got the idea for the film from a photo he took of a dinosaur statue outside Kolkata's Science City, which was being overshadowed by a new flyover; he told Screen Daily the flyover and the dinosaur looked about to start a race.
- Shooting was abruptly interrupted when Aditya Vikram Sengupta refused the Kolkata crew Federation's demand that he hire its members; a film shot in Kolkata is normally required to take about 70 Federation crew members.
