Let me tell you about myself. My name (not my pet name, of
course !) is Sumana, and I'm residing in Kolkata (India) with my husband. We two had passed across ups and downs, with
trying times in between, in Bangalore, Bhubaneswar and in the USA.
My interests - Singing,
Interior decoration, Cooking (little more than a staple diet), Reading (more of Bengali novels) and watching soaps (serials)
on TV. Not as professional, but strictly as hobbies, as of now.
Personalities most revered
- Swami Vivekananda, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose (and of course, my dad).
Most loved novels and reading -
Adventures of Feluda (the famous detective stories by Satyajit Ray), Byomkesh Bakshi (detective stories by Saradindu Bandhopadhyay),
novels by Saratchandra Chatterjee and Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay (contemporary writer - works like 'Manab Jamin').
Favorite actors and actresses
- In Bengali, Uttam Kumar, Suchitra Sen, Soumitra Chatterjee
In Hindi, Madhuri Dixit and Shahrukh Khan
From Hollywood, Tom Hanks, Keanu Reeves, Mel Gibson, Tom
Cruise, Kate Winslet, Charlize Theron and Jennifer Aniston
All time favorite movies (though the list
is so limited) - In Bengali, all time hits of Uttam ('Thana Theke Ashchhi'
and 'Jay Jayanti' deserves a special mention), 'Dewa Newa' and classics by Satyajit Ray (Agantuk, Joy Baba Felunath, Sonar
Kella, Shakha Proshakha, Gupi Gaayne Bagha Baayne, Hirok Rajar Deshe), comedies like Chhaddabeshi, Golpo Holeo Shotti, Sriman
Prithviraj
In Hindi, Dhoom, Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gaam, Lagaan, Dil Chahta Hai and Sadma,
comedies like Golmaal, Padosan
Also, a few contemporary Indian English movies like 'Mr and Mrs Iyer',
In English, Hatari, Baby's Day Out, The Lion King, The Independence
Day, Sweet November, Signs, The Sound of Music, Titanic, 'Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls' and Cast Away
