Paglu

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Paglu
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Directed by Rajiv Kumar Biswas
Written by N.K. Salil
Screenplay byN.K. Salil
Produced by Nispal Singh
Starring
CinematographyKumud Verma
Edited byRabiranjan Maitra
Aninda Chattopadhyay
Music by Jeet Gannguli
Production
company
Distributed by Shree Venkatesh Films
Release date
  • 3 June 2011 (2011-06-03)
Running time
159 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali
Budget5 crore [1]
Box office9.95 crore [2]

Paglu (English: Crazy) is a 2011 Indian Bengali-language action film directed by Rajib Biswas. Produced by Surinder Films, the film stars Dev, Koel Mallick and Rajatava Dutta in lead roles. The screenplay and the dialogues were written by N.K Salil, with the songs composed by Jeet Gannguli. The cinematography was handled by Kumud Verma, action and dance sequences were choreographed by Judo Ramu and Baba Yadav respectively. The film follows the story of how a college student falls in love with a non resident Indian girl. The film successfully ran more than 150 days in West Bengal and was declared as all-time blockbuster at the box office and broke the collection of the 2002 film Saathi and was the highest grossing Bengali movie until the 2013 film Chander Pahar.The movie was a remake of 2006 Telugu movie Devadasu . [3]

Contents

Paglu marked the third collaboration of Dev with Koel Mallick. The film is the first instalment of the Paglu franchise.

Paglu was theatrically released in India on 3 June 2011. [4] The film became a financial success, [5] emerging as one of the highest grossing Bengali movies of all time, with a lifetime collection of ₹ 8.8 to ₹9.95 crore.

Plot

The film begins with Dev, a college student, meeting Rimi– a girl who comes from the U.S. to take admission in 'Princeton' College for completing papers. She becomes a matter of rivalry between Dev and his rival in college, Ronnie, whom Dev defeats in a challenge and wins over Rimi. Rimi's father, a senator in the U.S., arrives in town and takes her back to the U.S. on the pretext of celebrating her birthday. He separates the couple, but they vow to get back to each other. Dev's visa is rejected so he organizes a public rally and pleads his love for Rimi which helps him to get his visa. Once he is in the U.S., he starts a game with Rimi's father which sees Dev laying down a challenge to him and also sees Dev getting beaten up by his security guards. He returns and takes Rimi away with him, but later Rimi goes back to her house. The film concludes with Dev going back to India and Rimi joining him there. [6]

Cast

Soundtrack

Paglu
Soundtrack album by
Released2011
Recorded2010
Studio Surinder Films
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Label Surinder Films
Producer Surinder Films
Jeet Gannguli chronology
Josh
(2010)
Paglu
(2011)
Bhorer Alo
(2011)
Singles from Paglu
  1. "Paglu Title Track"
    Released: 25 April 2011
  2. "Mon Bebagi"
    Released: 23 May 2011
  3. "Jane Mon"
    Released: 16 Jun 2011
  4. "Eshechi Toke Niye"
    Released: 7 July 2011
  5. "Prem Ki Bujhini"
    Released: 18 August 2011

All lyrics are written by Priyo Chattopadhyay, Prasen (Prasenjit Mukherjee); all music is composed by Jeet Gannguli

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Paglu Title Track"Priyo Chattopadhyay Mika Singh & Akriti Kakkar 03:34
2."Prem Ki Bujhini"Prasen (Prasenjit Mukherjee) Zubeen Garg & Akriti Kakkar03:51
3."Mon Bebagi"Prasen (Prasenjit Mukherjee) Kunal Ganjawala, Akriti Kakkar & Rana Mazumder04:12
4."Eshechi Toke Niye"Prasen (Prasenjit Mukherjee) Mohit Chauhan 04:03
5."Jane Mon"Prasen (Prasenjit Mukherjee)Jeet Gannguli03:52
6."Paglu - Remix"Priyo ChattopadhyayMika Singh & Akriti Kakkar04:08

Sequel

Following the success of Paglu, Paglu 2 was made and released in 2012. Although the two films have different plots and characters, the film is considered the second installment in the Paglu franchise that began with Paglu. The second installment, Paglu 2 was also a hit.

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