"We were either not born or very small in that era. But having heard and read about this phase from father later on we know it was an unquantifiable loss as we can't either get back to the phase and revisit those days when Motida's write ups on a previous day's game would stir up the reader and Ajayda will bring the situation live from maidan," Rituparna told PTI on the occasion of the late scribe-writer's birth anniversary.
"In fact many of his short stories did have the potential to be made into films as we was a writer having seen life at a grassroot level. May be he did not get his due recognition as a writer in that sense. On a personal front I would rate Koni as the most favourite," Rituparna, portraying firebrand Damini in Sanjoy Nag's yet-unreleased Parapar, said.
"Moti da and his stories represent that era of unadulterated Bengaliness and Parapar also retain references of that era. I am sharing space with a theatre personality-actor like Bratya Basu and awesome actor like Rubel from Dhaka. We wish if Moti Nandi were around to see us bringing up his tale of a jail convict and the two women in his life in the dialect of cinema" Paoli, also turning up in Subrata Sen's sada Canvas said.