Chef-themed Bengali movies need wider acceptance in age of food blogging: Filmmaker

Chef-themed Bengali movies need wider acceptance in age of food blogging: Filmmaker

Kolkata, As his Bengali film Ranna Baati draws audiences to theatres, journalist-turned-filmmaker Pratim D Gupta says the growing influence of food bloggers and social media influencers should pave the way for wider acceptance of chef-themed Bengali films.

He said the film looks at professional kitchens, celebrity chefs and culinary ambition, but at its core it is about food as emotion — how cooking connects people to memory, love and loss.

Gupta told PTI on Friday that he wanted a title "steeped in Bengaliness and homeliness… something that could evoke the smell of fried onions and the clinking of steel utensils — warm and personal".

'Ranna Baati', which released last week in single screens and multipl