The Bong Connection

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The Bong Connection
Directed by Anjan Dutta
Produced by Joy Ganguly
Starring Raima Sen, Shayan Munshi and Parambrata Chatterjee
Music by Neel Dutt
Cinematography Indranil Mukherjee
Distributed by Moxie Entertainment
Country Flag of India India
Language English
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The Bong Connection is a 2006 Indian movie starring Raima Sen, Shayan Munshi and Parambrata Chatterjee and directed by Anjan Dutta. The movie is based on the lives of Bengalis in the U.S. and Kolkata.

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[edit] Plot

The story revolves around two young men, Apu (played by Parambrata Chatterjee) and Andy (played by Shayan Munshi), trying to achieve their dreams. Apu is a Bengali who has lived in Kolkata all his life and works for an IT company. He has dreams of going to the US and making it big there. He gets his chance when a relative offers him a job in Houston, Texas. As he is leaving he promises his girlfriend, Sheela (played by Raima Sen) that he will come back soon and take her to the US.

Andy, a second-generation Bengali born and brought up in New York, has dreams of becoming a musician and working in films. He comes to Kolkata to pursue his passion and stays at the house of his paternal uncle and grandfather. In Kolkata he meets Sheela, befriends her and falls in love with her.

Meanwhile Apu, arrives in the US and struggles to find his way in an alien nation. In the process he befriends Rita (played by Peeya Rai Chowdhary) whose parents want to get her married off to Apu. The rest of the movie revolves around the socio-comic adventures of Apu and Andy as they struggle to find their calling in life.

[edit] DVD Release

DVD has released in feb'08

[edit] Cast

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