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Cakewalk
Shilpa Sen starts her day on a wrong note. Her car, just like her luck, betrayed her the last moment. She gets frantic calls from bank against her credit card loan and threatens to take action against her if not paid immediately. Shilpa seems to be one who was born to face challenges in life. But she had never let her situation overpower her morale. This film deals with 24 hours of Shilpa's life, where she needs to win her own battle. A battle that she has been fighting for years. Shilpa needs to bake a cake for a high profile couple who plans to celebrate their wedding anniversary in Kolkata. Though it might seem to be an easy task for any chef, but for Shilpa this was anything but a cakewalk.
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Shilpa Sen starts her day on a wrong note. Her car, just like her luck, betrayed her the last moment. She gets frantic calls from bank against her credit card loan and threatens to take action against her if not paid immediately. Shilpa seems to be one who was born to face challenges in life. But she had never let her situation overpower her morale. This film deals with 24 hours of Shilpa's life, where she needs to win her own battle. A battle that she has been fighting for years. Shilpa needs to bake a cake for a high profile couple who plans to celebrate their wedding anniversary in Kolkata. Though it might seem to be an easy task for any chef, but for Shilpa this was anything but a cakewalk.
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Written By:Ram Kamal Mukherjee
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Runtime:27 minutes
Studio:Assorted Motion Pictures
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