Trincas

20/01/2026

Pikoo was filmed in 1980 by Satyajit Ray for a French TV channel. It featured actors, Arjun Guha Thakurta, Aparna Sen and Victor Banerjee.
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The three senior film personalities were Trincas regulars well before the film shot.
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In the film, it was apt that one of the prank-calls made by Pikoo is to !
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The phone number 240-300 was not the real one, but was similar: 240-205
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This is rare footage of the restaurant as it would have appeared in 1980.
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The fluted pillars are visible, as are the heavy low-slung chairs and the stage background.
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The manager at the time, Vishnu Wadehra, also features in a cameo role!
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03/01/2026

Michael Jackson as Pop-Jazz? Sure!
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Every Saturday afternoon 1 PM onwards with 17 Jazz Street
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02/01/2026

Happy 2026 to all!
Best wishes to you and your families. 🎉

27/12/2025

Our live music schedule is as follows:

Kalash performs retro Bollywood from 18:30 to 21:30 every day.

Infusion plays Western pop from 21:30 to 23:30 every day.

Jazz performances are held every day from 13:30 to 15:30.

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Learn more about our history at www.trincas.in.

27/12/2025

26/12/2025

Bengali Rock, Pop, Film Songs live performances daily at

24/12/2025

🎺 Jazz Afternoons every day this Christmas Season 🥁
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Otherwise every Saturday & Sunday from 1:30 onwards
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Two bands, two completely different sounds 😍🎙️
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Band 1: Red Velvet Quartet

21/12/2025

19/12/2025

Let’s celebrate!

01/12/2025

Omi Puri arrived 🚂 in Calcutta in 1943 as an 18 year old from faraway Lahore. His parents had recently passed, his older siblings scattered. He came looking for opportunity and found work at the Grand Hotel through his brother in law Mohan Hansles.
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Calcutta was in turmoil. The Bengal Famine was underway. American, British, Australian, Canadian, African and other Allied troops occupied the city as it was a major military base for World War 2 💥
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Omi worked his way up from a trainee to a manager learning quickly. His forte was building hotel systems, the checks and balances required to keep operations in line. He had a knack for dealing with people🕵🏽‍♂️. He soon became the point man for fixing troubled hotel properties and was one of the first Indians managers to be in-charge of a prestigious hotel. This was 1949 and also the year he married Swaran.
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🏨Omi moved between Oberoi properties: Gopalpur-on-Sea to Chandigarh’s Mount View Hotel, then the Mount Everest Hotel in Darjeeling and finally back to the Oberoi Grand Hotel in Calcutta.
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In 1959 he formed a partnership with Ellis Joshua, bought a 🇨🇭Swiss owned tearoom from Cinzio Trinca and went on to create one of India’s most memorable urban hotspots, the now legendary
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Omi also served as ✍️ president of the Federation of Hotel and Restaurants Association of India twice in 1974 and 1978
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1 Dec 2025 is his 101st Birthday 🎂
Here’s to a man that had a small part in Calcutta’s history. 🎉

07/11/2025

received his first guitar at in the early 1960s.
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Calcutta was India’s mecca for live music and every restaurant on Park Street had multiple bands. Musicians from all over India would arrive hoping to make it big and provided a stage for budding talent with its Sunday Afternoon Jam Sessions.
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The Jam Sessions were the highlight of any teenager’s week. The line to get in, listen to music, dance and share a Coca Cola would stretch down Park Street. It was a “hip scene” 🎸🕺🏻😀
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went on to become one Northeast India’s most beloved music icons with nationwide recognition.
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Today, at 78 he is still performing energetically and on his own terms. Musicians look upto his pathbreaking style and cool charisma!
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We could all learn something from his amazing spirit!