I remember watching Rajkahini at its star-studded premiere in Calcutta at a plush multiplex in one of the most popular malls last year. It was just before Durga Puja—a time of plenty and of infectious bonhomie that envelops the city like no other time. There was the flurry of photographers common to a red carpet event, with starry-eyed members of the Bengali upper middle-class furiously clicking selfies, cheek by jowl with the Tollywood elite, their faces lit up with the promise of a few, fleeting seconds of fame, and the chance of many likes on Facebook.