via darjeeling

Chillers and thrillers are a fashion statement in Hindi mainstream cinema today. After Rajeev Khandelwal's aamir comes another promising thriller called Via Darjeeling. Arindam Nandy, who honed his skills in advertising, helms this film.

The film is co-produced by Joy Ganguly, and presented by NFDC under the Moxie Entertainments banner. The other 'Bengali' identity the film boasts of is its unusual storyline that revolves around the concept of the adda -- or the long, informal chat sessions among friends.

"I had written the original script in Bengali under the title Ashaade Goppo, a phrase metaphorically linked to tales drawn from imagination. Joy Ganguly liked the script but wanted to make the film in Hindi. The script then went through several name changes like Take 5 and All Tales but we settled with Via Darjeeling," says Nandy.

Via Darjeeling sees newlyweds Ankur (Kay Kay Menon) and Rimli (Sonali Kulkarni [Images]) visit Darjeeling on their honeymoon. The evening before they are to return to Kolkata, Ankur goes missing. The inspector in charge, Robin Bose (Vinay Pathak), hunts for Ankur but he is never found. A disturbed Rimli gives him clues -- she tells him about a fight Ankur had with a cabbie and a mysterious man who kept stalking them.