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      The Bong Connection

      2006 2h 11m Drama Comedy Romance List
      Reviews 71% 250+ Ratings Audience Score Apu and Andy live abroad and explore their heritage through the tunes of Tagore. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member This Anjan Dutta film couldn't filled my expectation...but when I was listening sound track of the film I'm doing my feet ground off and on.... Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/29/23 Full Review Audience Member Fiirstly,i was clinging with the Idea that MR.FILM DIRECTOR (Anjan Dutt)will glamourise his type of music-world through out the Film,but afteer seeing the Film,i realized how Wrong i was,&,i must mention the Brilliant acting by Sayan Munshi & Saswata Chaterjee Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review Audience Member awsum muvee...a must wtched for all the bongs !!!! Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member A film that revolves around world of 'bongs' as in bengalis. It follows two young men as they search for personal goals in a country other than their own. Computer engineer Apu feels that Kolkata is a dying city and moves to the USA. Andy, a Bengali musician raised in New York, journeys to Kolkata hoping to inherit its rich language and culture and tries to make a shot there. Their respective stories run parallel, never merging yet colliding. Each encounters an elder as their mentor and each is intrigued by a local Indian woman. While Apu's life is wild with parties and police escapes Andy's life is tranquil with a local girl (played by Raima Sen) who co-incidentally happens to be Apu's girlfriend , along with problems relating their ancient mansion. Andy's uncle is a clerk and his son is jobless who comes home every night and beats his wife. Not being able to maintain the huge household after his fathers death , Andy's uncle decides to sell the house and live the rest of his life along with his family on the interest received on the money in a flat. But all of this requires a signature from Andy's dad but in his absence his uncle asks Andy to do honors for his dad. Andy being disgusted with the greed of his typical bengali family leaves with an answer that indirectly insults his uncle. His uncle being very egoistic falls out with him and a very audible quarrel ranges on with Andy refusing to sign the papers. Andy making a breakthrough has been offered to score for Mira Nair's international film The Namesake due to which he returs back Apu on the other hand is sahring a room with his office colleague who happens to be gay. While on a taxi ride he meets a taxi driver who is a bangladeshi immigrant having no papers. They bond quite well together indulging in parties and what not. Meanwhile Apu meets a local bengali girl their , Rita, who is the daughter of his boss's friend and a sort of fling starts. Meanwhile Gary, Apu's boss who hates hates blacks and homosexuals finds out that Apu's room mate is gay and fires him which offends Apu making him to confront Gary and the end of while he ends up losing his job. But Apu finds a bengali, Rakesh, who offers him the job of a boss in Kolkata due to which he returns back to Kolkata. The ending was a beauty. Raima Sen never gave her and Andy a chance though both were equally fond of each other and so "like a typical bengali" she refused Andy's " American goodbye kiss ". And so after he left she was alone weeping when suddenly Apu came surprised to see her at the airport thinking she came for her as he didnt tell anyone. It was quite comical. On the whole the film was a marvel . Thw ways of bengalis are almost perfectly depicted and the two simultaneous to and fro story style was quite a relief from sometimes a sluggish progress. The direction I felt was personally great and on the whole I personally liked it very much.Plus Shayan Munshi's(Andy Sen) performance was quite commendable. You ought not miss this one. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/29/23 Full Review Audience Member This Anjan Dutta film couldn't filled my expectation...but when I was listening sound track of the film I'm doing my feet ground off and on.... Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review Audience Member i know anjan dutta tries hard, but the ideating fires blank most of the time. ever since i watched his "bow barracks forever" i have this pre-notion that the idea will heat up the debate, the star cast will do the "do-ing" but the movie will fall flat, anyway! Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Shubhra Gupta The Indian Express You are left wanting more person than type. But there are a string of nice moments you can enjoy, while you are it. And some lovely lilting music. Jun 7, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis Apu and Andy live abroad and explore their heritage through the tunes of Tagore.
      Director
      Anjan Dutt
      Producer
      Arindam Sil
      Screenwriter
      Anjan Dutt
      Production Co
      Next Actor Studio
      Genre
      Drama, Comedy, Romance
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Nov 30, 2016
      Runtime
      2h 11m