Koel Mallick

Comfort clothes: I am most comfortable in jeans and a white shirt. White is my favourite colour.

Comfort food: Any preparation of fish. I love fish! Pomfret, ilish, maagur are my favourites. I am also a coffee person and I love having coffee right after waking up in the morning and through the day.

Comfort corner: I have a sofa next to a window in both my houses — Golf Club Road and Alipore — and that’s my favourite corner. Whether I’m sipping coffee or talking to someone on the phone, that’s the place you’ll find me
when I’m home. 

Comfort film: I can watch Life Is Beautiful over and over again. Saptapadi is another film that I love watching always.... And all Charlie Chaplin films.

Comfort restaurant: We go to The Sushi Oke on Theatre Road often. They serve amazing Thai and Japanese food. The place is dimly lit and very cosy. 

Comfort getaway: Bangkok, Pattaya. But if we get a week off, then Europe of course.

Paoli Dam

Comfort clothes: I am most comfortable in cotton and linen. I love to be in T-shirts and shorts. I’m also very comfortable in a sari.

Comfort food: Ghee bhaat with aloo and dim sheddho.

Comfort corner: I have a room full of books and DVDs and there’s a couch in the middle — that’s my favourite place in the house. I love watching films sitting on that couch.

Comfort film: Meghe Dhaka Tara is a film that I can watch anytime. I love watching films like The Notebook, Notting Hill, P.S. I Love You, My Sassy Girl on TV.

Comfort restaurant: Mocambo, and Pan Asian in ITC Sonar. These places are cosy and the food is amazing. 

Comfort getaway: Singapore. That’s because I love the food there!

Raima Sen

Comfort clothes: I’m most comfortable in cotton. 

Comfort food: Rice! I love rice in any form, be it biryani, pulao…. Somedays I have rice for both lunch and dinner. Sometimes my dad is surprised by the amount of rice I have on my plate!

Comfort corner: My bed. Nothing feels more comfortable than hitting the bed after a long day.

Comfort film: Aandhi. I love the film not only because my grandma (Suchitra Sen) starred in it but because it’s a classic and a mood-lifter. Whether I’m happy or sad, watching Aandhi makes me feel very comfortable. 

Comfort restaurant: Kafulok in Tangra. The cosy ambience is great to hang out with friends or family. We often go there for dinner with either friends or my parents. The Chicken Kafulok Soup is a must every time we go there.  

Comfort getaway: London, London, London! None of my holidays is complete without a visit to London. No matter where I go, London always features on my travel map. 

Swastika Mukherjee

Comfort clothes: Jeans and T-shirt. You can wear it to a movie, restaurant or even a party. I love wearing distressed jeans and teaming it with a spaghetti top or kurta and funky chappals.

Comfort food: Bhaat, dal, aloo sheddho. I’ve had it all my school life. I remember every time I would come back from an outdoor shoot, I would call up Ma and ask her to make bhaat, dal, aloo sheddho.

Comfort corner: The left side of my bed, that’s my favourite. Mani (daughter) and I fight for that corner! That’s where I keep my cigarettes, ashtray, books, aroma candles and a whole lot of other things.

Comfort film: The Sound of Music. I watch it whenever it plays on television. It immediately peps up my mood. It makes me remember a lot of my childhood. Hirak Rajar Deshe and Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne are my all-time favourites too. 

Comfort restaurant: Jai Hind Dhaba! It’s a cool place to hang out with friends. You can walk in in your pyjamas and nobody would bother. They also serve food inside cars, which is the best thing.   

Comfort getaway: Thailand. I have travelled to Thailand countless times and it’s just a little over two hours away, which is great because there’s no jet lag. It’s a shopper’s paradise. Just go there with empty suitcases and come back with three! 

Mimi Chakraborty

Comfort clothes: Denim and a loose T-shirt. And of course night suit. 

Comfort food: If I could I would’ve eaten rice thrice a day! Bhaat with mochar ghonto is my comfort food.

Comfort corner: My bedroom where I spend the maximum time when I am home. 

Comfort film: P.S. I Love You. There’s a feel-good factor associated with this film.  

Comfort restaurant: Zass, a lounge in Bhowanipore. I go there with my friends and chill.  

Comfort getaway: Pattaya and Krabi island in Thailand. 

Rituparna Sengupta

Comfort cloth: Long skirts, palazzos and tees. 

Comfort food: Momo. I love it. Serve me a plateful of piping hot steamed chicken momos and I am the happiest person on earth! 

Comfort corner: The left side of my bed which has a small table attached to it, where I have my books, newspapers and phones. After a long day when I lie down on that side of the bed, I feel extremely relaxed and comfortable. 

Comfort film: Shekhar Kapur’s Masoom. What a wonderful film. 

Comfort restaurant: Pan Asian in ITC Sonar. I love the Oriental food there, and the ambience is very cosy and comfortable. 

Comfort getaway: Darjeeling. I have been to Darjeeling many times but with every visit I discover something new. It’s my favourite hill station.

Tonushree Chakraborty

Comfort clothes: I am most comfortable in my gym wear — tights and body-hugging top. I am also very comfortable in a sari. 

Comfort food: Phena bhaat and aloo seddho. But alas, all I can have is curd and apples!

Comfort corner: The window in my bedroom which opens on to the RCGC greens. That’s the place where I stand in the morning, right after waking up. It’s beautiful.

Comfort film: Pather Panchali and Golpo Holeo Satti. Pather Panchali maybe an odd choice but I love watching it, and Rabi Ghosh looks so comfortable in Galpo Holeo Sotti, it’s as if the character is written only for him.   

Comfort restaurant: Oh! Calcutta, Tamarind and, of course, Mocambo. 

Comfort getaway: Goa. I can just be me in Goa... roam around like a hippie without a care. I am a free bird in Goa!

Parno Mittra

Comfort clothes: I love to be in my pyjamas and T-shirts and I wear men’s tees, mind you!

Comfort food: Fish and rice. I love to gorge on maachher jhol bhaat for lunch. I feel most comfortable after devouring a plateful of rice with yummy fish curry!

Comfort corner: My couch in the drawing room. My life revolves around my couch. 

Comfort film: Well, it depends on my mood but Mean Girls is my go-to movie.  

Comfort restaurant: La Cucina in Hyatt Regency. I go there for the Seafood Risotto, it’s yum, and the ambience is very cosy.

Comfort getaway: The beaches in Goa. I’ve been to Goa several times but no matter how many times I go there, I still feel there’s so much more to explore.

Gargee Roy Chowdhury

Comfort clothes: Pyjamas and crop top.  

Comfort food: Bhaat dal, aloo posto. Mixed chaat is also my favourite.

Comfort corner: My reading room, which has lots of books, my laptop and a TV. 

Comfort film: Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne. I have lost count of the number of times I have watched it.

Comfort restaurant: I love Bengali cuisine and Oh! Calcutta is my favourite. Nice place for a quiet family dinner.

Comfort getaway: Darjeeling, Darjeeling, Darjeeling! I have been there at least eight times. I am going there during the Pujas again. I am one of the lucky few to watch the Kanchenjungha bathed in moonlight from the balcony of my hotel. 

Payel Sarkar

Comfort clothes: Nothing is more comfortable than coming back home and changing into pyjamas and T-shirt.  

Comfort food: Chocolate! I can have chocolates for breakfast, lunch and dinner! 

Comfort corner: My bedroom. I have a TV in my bedroom and I love lying on my bed andwatching TV. 

Comfort film: Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara. I can relate to the characters. 

Comfort restaurant: Souk at Taj Bengal. I go there with my friends for the Sunday brunch. 

Comfort getaway: I love Nashik. Whenever I go to Bombay, I make it a point to visit Nashik. The Sula Vineyards is so scenic and there’s a resort tucked inside. It’s calm and quiet and just massively beautiful.

Sreelekha Mitra

Comfort clothes: I am very comfortable in cotton. 

Comfort food: Bhaat, dal seddho, aloo and dim seddho. 

Comfort corner: My bedroom. I love watching TV lying on my bed at night.  

Comfort film: Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara. I love the concept, story, performances... everything about the film. 

Comfort restaurant: The Wall near Deshapriya Park. I love Japanese food. 

Comfort getaway: Ibiza in Joka. I have gone there a number of times and I love the place.