Career
She made her debut as a director in big screens with the film which has been screened in different international film festivals like– Goa International Film Festival, Kolkata International Film Festival (2012), Third Eye Mumbai Film Festival (in Mumbai). Before starting feature film direction Kakoli directed several telefilms and theatres. She is also a painter.
She is influence by Bengali film director Ritwik Ghatak.
In a 1 November 2012 interview Kakoli told– Like all Bengalis, I too have grown up watching movies of Satyajit Ray and Ghatak, though I like Ghatak more and I idolise him. I am greatly inspired by him and consequently my movie "" (Northern Symphony) too is influenced by Ghatak.
