I landed last night from New York into Mumbai and took a
connecting flight to Calcutta or Kolkata – As a film maker and a newsmaker I
always have to be diplomatic. But Last night, I lost my cool. I have come here
with my small team of “Bengali Detective”. I had to re-schedule my entire interviews
schedule thanks to a lost baggage scenario. My film is based on the documentary
directed by Phil Cox, Searchlight acquired the remake rights at the Sundance festival.
In all honesty today I am frustrated and could actually use a Bengali Detective
to search my bags through this tumultuous journey ! I am jet lagged and have no
clothes ! I was lucky enough to have the scripts in my check in bags which I
have guarded with my life all the way here !
I made a few calls to Sabyasachi, he is a friend of a
friend. For as much as I would love to float around the murdered streets of
Kolkata in a bridal lehenga, I need to be Monsoon ready and Press-Interview
Chic for tomorrow. He put me through his Stylist friend Anjali from StylistCriacker
fame who suggested if I want a brand experience from the comfort of my room
then I need to go Internet Shopping ! I laughed, this woman cracked me up ! In
her words I am boho-chic and to find my style in Kolkata is going to be
difficult. I did not need another difficult experience so I plugged in my
laptop and tapped away !
The screen popped – a black shot ! Shop now, I went clikety
click ! The only relief after this hectic 12 hours was that the website www.baggout.com was
navigation friendly. I clicked Women and there …. I have some perfect style
samples to choose from. And what’s more, for a celebrity like me, I am not big
on brands – but I cannot wear a nobody and walk into a press interview. Nothing
would be worse than that.
I quickly put together my thoughts and took a call. I
selected a kurta, which is patent Mira Nair style. A chunky necklace to go with
it. Some earings and a bracelet to complete the look. I may Money-Wise and was
just happy to see competitive pricing from various other websites. It was like
shopping with my friends from back home. Each time you pull something – they will
quickly jump in to say the shop down the street has an offer of 2 for 1 on it.
I chuckled… my friends Irene would be just do pleased that I thought of her.
She must be on her way to our Yoga Class… Urrgghh… My bag also had my yoga mat.
Would it also give me a yoga mat deal.. ?? with a little
back and forth I found a Yoga Mat , a book to go on my night stand. Of course I
had a dinner with Govida too, my lead actor. Should I go with a different look
? I don’t think I will be able to match a style icon like Govida ! That’s too
much pressure. But I do find something interesting. A red kurta, with the right
styling I can totally own upto it !
Ofcourse… it has a cash back offer. The website is pretty
clear on the way the mechanism works ! Atleast somebody is clear with their
basics unlike the airlines – who have till now given me all vague answers. It
almost makes them sound like an answering machine. “Madam, we would like to
apologize for …” Nobody is dead ! But I will gun them down if they don’t get me
my stuff back. Thanks to Baggout, I
at least have the essentials and toiletteries in place for the next two days. I am tempted for some more… but more on it
post the big interview !
PS : This post has been written as a contest entry for baggout.This post is not to demean
any celebrity in any sense.Topic - Choose any interesting personality and write
about his/her hypothetical experience of Shopping through
