"At the age when Bengali youth almost inevitably writes poetry, I was listening to European classical music."

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"At the age when Bengali youth almost inevitably writes poetry, I was listening to European classical music."

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"I had developed this habit of writing scenarios as a hobby. I would find out which stories had been sold to be made into films and I would write my own treatment and then compare it."

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