Hawa Bodol

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Hawa Bodol
হাওয়া বদল
Directed by Parambrata Chatterjee
Written by Anindya Bose
Screenplay byAnindya Bose
Parambrata Chatterjee
Based on The Change-Up
by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore
Produced byRTC Entertainment
StarringParambrata Chatterjee
Raima Sen
Rudranil Ghosh
Neha Panda
CinematographySupriyo Dutta
Edited bySujay Dutta Roy
Music by Indradeep Dasgupta
Production
company
Workshop Productions Pvt. Ltd.
Release date
  • 22 March 2013 (2013-03-22)(Kolkata)
Running time
150 minutes
Country India
Language Bengali
Budget10 million (US$130,000)
Box office20 million (US$250,000)

Hawa Bodol is a 2013 Indian Bengali comedy film directed by Parambrata Chattopadhyay. The film revolves around two childhood friends, who met each other coincidentally after a long time, and somehow their lives swapped after a night of endless drinks. [1] [2] The movie is a remake of the 2011 American film The Change-Up .

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Plot

The movie revolves around two old school friends, Satrajeet aka Jeet (Parambrata Chattopadhyay) and Rajarshi aka Raj (Rudranil Ghosh), who coincidentally came across each after a long time. While Jeet, a partner in a big architect firm, which he inherited from his deceased father-in-law; Raj is a struggling singer in a band. Jeet and Raj were invited to a party of a non-Bengali business client of Jeet, where Raj flirted with the businessman's daughter Inka (Neha Panda). After the party, both the friends bought drinks from closed shops and drank in the open. Both of them wished they had each other's life. After getting up from sleep, both of them found that their soul has interchanged. Both of the friends were surprised to find themselves in that situation. While both of them tried to be loyal, they found it difficult to live in each other's life. In the mean time, Raj (in Jeet's body) visited Chandannagar, his home town to meet his parents, which he left years ago to make a career in singing. Even Jeet (in Raj's body) came to visit his house to see his child. Inka came to stay with Raj (actually Jeet's soul) after she had a fight with her parents. Both the friends tried to manage each other's work. While Raj gave an interesting solution of using terracotta in bathroom instead of gold plates to the Indonesian clients. Jeet, on the other hand introduced Inka as a lead singer in their band, whose performance was well appreciated. The two friends decided to get back to each other's life; they repeated the same acts they did on the day they interchanged and were successful in getting back their souls in their own body. The movie ended with Raj going for a trip to Chandannagar to visit his parents, and Jeet going on a family trip.

Cast

Reception

The movie opened to mixed reviews and had a good run of 5 weeks collecting 16 million in week one. The movie collected 5 million in week 2 and the total box office collection after five weeks was 20 million.[ citation needed ]

Soundtrack

The Hawa Bodol soundtrack's music director is Indradeep Dasgupta with lyrics penned by Angshuman Chakraborty & Prosen. One of Rabindranath Tagore's songs ("Mor Bhabonare") is also included in this soundtrack.

Tracklist
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Ghore Pherar Gaan" Vishal Dadlani 03:52
2."Din Khon Mapa Ache" Arijit Singh 05:32
3."Mor Bhabonare (Duet)"Saptarshi Mukherjee and Sahana Bajpaie 04:07
4."Bhoy Dekhas Na Please (Female)" Sunidhi Chauhan 06:50
5."Mone Porle" Arijit Singh 06:12
6."Bhoy Dekhas Na (The Agnee Version)"Mohan Kannan06:12
7."Mor Bhabonare (Female)" Sahana Bajpaie 04:07
8."Mor Bhabonare (Male)"Saptarshi Mukherjee04:07
9."Bhoy Dekhas Na (Male) –"Arijit Singh06:32
Total length:47:31

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References

  1. Chaudhuri, Dibyajyoti (24 March 2013). "Movie Review: Hawa Bodol". Times of India. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
  2. "Moon moon's Hawa Bodol". The Telegraph. 26 March 2013. Archived from the original on 31 March 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2013.