Speaking of flying, two helicopters made their screen debut in ‘Mega Bengal Showdown’ (Times Now). At Sunday’s Modi rally in Kolkata, Mithun publicly described himself as a “cobra” but later told Aaj Tak, “I am a flying crow”. The film stars “Hindu heroine” as India Today called Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, after she chanted Chandipath and made `‘13 temple pit stops in Nandigram’’, Tuesday (Times Now). It co-stars Suvendu Adhikari, with special appearances by Narendra Modi, Amit Shah – and a guest appearance by ‘Disco Dancer’ Mithun Chakraborty who can’t quite decide whether he is a reptile or a bird. The film is still unnamed but options include ‘Nandigram Sangram’ (Times Now), ‘Dadagiri ya Didigiri’ (Zee Hindustan), ’State of War’ (India Today) or ‘Kolkata Inferno’ (CNN News 18). Sounds riveting? For sure, barring one problem: Most of the lead characters in this film speak Bengali, which means channels need subtitles.Īlso read: Between Rahul Gandhi in Kerala and Modi in AIIMS, TV saw the battle of biceps Sunday Modi “Parivartan ka pehla trailer”, as News 24 called it, was released this week in Kolkata and Nandigram. When Suvendu Adhikari’s march towards a new office, earlier on Wednesday, receives live coverage on a Hindi news channel like India TV, and his every footstep is dogged by jostling TV camerapersons, you realise that ‘Battleground Bengal’ is more than just another election campaign on television news - it’s a ‘political blockbuster’ (Republic TV), TV news eshtyle.

#WhoAttackedMamata (Republic TV) is the only news worth tracking. When Mamata Banerjee announces that she has been set upon by several men, Wednesday evening, all news channels stop doing what they are doing and switch to the ‘Nandigram drama’ with Banerjee in her SUV, “visibly in pain” (NDTV 24×7).

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