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African tadka in Bengali dal
Updated On: 20 September, 2020 07:40 AM IST | Mumbai | Aastha Atray Banan
The release of his new film is the perfect occasion for actor-director Parambrata Chatterjee to team up with veteran Nigerian football player and Kolkata resident Omolaja Olalekan to discuss Kolkatas fascination with the game

Parambrata Chatterjee, actor-director
Like all true-blue Kolkata natives, Parambrata Chatterjee likes his football. That his latest film, Tiki-Taka, in which he plays dual role of actor and director is the second one to use the game as backdrop, is proof. Lorai: Play to Live was the story of an alcoholic coach who tries to take control of his team. Tiki-Taka, however, relies on humour, to speak of a bizarre but accepted practice of Nigerian footballers playing for several of Kolkata'a top football clubs, and becoming long-term Kolkata residents.

Omolaja Olalekan, football player
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