(From above) Locket Chatterjee, Swagatalakshmi Dasgupta and Sanjiv Goenka attend a film screening at INOX City Centre; a model walks the ramp at a fashion show in Prince of Cal, Sourav’s ; kids try out the karaoke at The International Cafe. Pictures by Aranya Sen and Rashbehari Das

A special screening of the new Bengali release Mantra saw the Tollywood brigade in attendance at INOX City Centre on Friday.

Directed by Rabi Ranjan Maitra, Mantra marks Saregama Films’s foray into Tollywood. The horror film features Locket Chatterjee, Soumitra Chatterjee, Rajatava Dutta and Swastika Mukherjee in the lead.

The Friday do was attended by actresses Locket and June, actors Tota Roy Chowdhury and Arjun Chakraborty, singer Swagatalakshmi Dasgupta and RPG Group vice-chairman Sanjiv Goenka.

Sing along

Sing along between sips and bites. That seems to be the idea at The International Caf? at The Enclave in New Alipore that has started karaoke evenings on Fridays.

Guests stepping in between 8 pm and 10.30 pm can make themselves heard on the microphone, choosing from a list of 2,100 songs showcased along with the menu on every table. “We started the karaoke evenings sometime ago, but initially the response was lukewarm. Gradually it is catching on with the family crowd,” says Manish Newar proprietor of the caf?.

“Karaoke is a new concept in Calcutta. It’s there in some pubs and discos, but those don’t attract families with kids. Being inside a caf?, this will be more accessible to all,” says Sanjeev Sinha, the resident karaoke singer at the caf?.