If you’re Bengali, you definitely have an opinion on maachher jhol, not least because it’s on the home food menu every other day. In the spirit of this Bangaliana, Team Maacher Jhol gathered at Taj Bengal, in The Portico Plus, to have a cook-off on I-Day eve. The theme was... you guessed it... maachher jhol. “The film is a celebration of food, family, homecoming... it’s a quintessential Bengali film with a French connection,” said director Pratim D. Gupta about the food film that’s running in theatres now. t2 put on its best fish gape while the best maacher jhol was being rustled up by one member of Team Maacher Jhol with one Taj chef each.

Ramona Sen and Arindam Chatterjee
Pictures: Pabitra Das