India, Jan. 27 -- Actor-director-producer Parambrata Chattopadhyay directed veterans Aparna Sen and Anjan Dutt in upcoming Bengali film Ei Raat Tomar Amaar. Ahead of the film's January 31 release, Parambrata goes candid with IBNS correspondent Souvik Ghosh on the film, the stalwarts and reveals his planning to make a thriller next...

Q. What brought you to the idea of an old romance?

A. I have always been fascinated with older people. I seriously feel I should have taken birth earlier than when I have. Having lost both my parents quite young, I haven't had the chance to witness them ageing or growing old unlike most people who get to see it.

I was in Mumbai on work. A young boy came and met me and said he had a script which was just ab...