Madly Bangalee

Madly Bangalee is a Bengali 2009 rock musical film directed by Anjan Dutt. During his previous film "Bong Connection" shot in Houston, Director Anjan Dutt received lot of help and support from Houston filmmaker San Banarje who arranged for the film's American cast and crew and saved the film. During this period, Anjan Dutt became a self-proclaimed fan of San Banarje and named the protagonist of this film after San.

Madly Bangalee
Film poster
Directed byAnjan Dutt
Produced byNamit Bajoria
StarringSupriya Choudhury
Biswajit Chakraborty
Chandan Sen
Aparajita Auddy
Sudipa Basu
Siddhartha Chatterjee
Baisakhi Marjit
Biswajeet Chakrabarty
Lew Hilt
Pijush Ganguly
Music byNeel Dutt
Release date
29 May 2009
Running time
130 minutes
LanguageBengali

Plot

Madly Bangalee is a Bengali rock band that inspires the film's title. They rehearse in a dowdy garage of Kolkata, owned by Bobby (Lew Hilt), who owns Bobby's Garage. Four young boys with stardust in their eyes practise their numbers not knowing what they are really aiming at. But the garage is under threat from a South Kolkata don Baburam (Chandan Sen). One morning, an elderly man, San (Anjan Dutt), arrives from "America and Paris." Baaji, (Sumit) the drummer who is a Muslim had to drop out of school. He escapes from the trap of turning a terrorist like his older brother Sultan. He later becomes a police officer who bashes up everyone who tries to bribe him. Neon (Tanaji Dasgupta) plays the bass guitar but, sucked into the world of drugs, he disappears from the face of the earth with his guitar. Pablo, lead singer, lead guitarist and lyricist, leaves for the US and the group breaks up. Bobby dies.[1]

Cast
  • Soumyak Kanti DeBiswas as Pablo
  • Anubrata Basu as Benji
  • Tanaji Dasgupta as Neon
  • Sumeet Thakur as Baaji
  • Roshni Bose as Joy
  • Anasuya Sengupta as Tanya
  • Anjan Dutt as San aka Sandip Banerjee
  • Saswata Chatterjee
  • Siddhartha Chatterjee
  • Biswajit Chokraborty
  • Aparajita Auddy
  • Supriya Choudhury

Critical reception

CT journalist Anirban De praised the movie saying "I just don’t know how to express the varied emotions that blended all too well in bringing to life the music mania that has been haunting the Bengali rock crazy cult through the ages. Anjan Dutt’s ‘Madly Bangalee’ is no doubt more than a mere tribute to the passion of rock and Neel Dutt complements the passion by compiling an ensemble of entrancing numbers enriched by the voices of Anjan Dutt himself, Nachiketa Chakraborty, Rupam Islam and Arko – the latter's ‘Mere Maula’ being the most captivating of the lot. Indraneel Mukherjee’s cinematography adds up to the romance." [2]

Soundtrack
SerialSong TitleArtistMusic
01Ke Achho KothayNachiketa ChakrabortyLyrics by Nachiketa Chakraborty & Music by Neel Dutt
02MaulaArko MukherjeeNeel Dutt
03TaniaArko MukherjeeNeel Dutt
04TaniaNeel DuttNeel Dutt
05SamoyTanya SenNeel Dutt
06Phirey AschheUjjaini MukherjeeNeel Dutt
07Kato Ki Karar ChhiloAnjan DuttNeel Dutt
08I Can DoRupam IslamNeel Dutt
09SamoyRupam IslamNeel Dutt
10Abide With MeUsha UthupNeel Dutt
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References
  1. "Madly Bangalee: Pleasant change". Screenindia.com. 19 June 2009. Archived from the original on 2 February 2013. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
  2. "Madly Bangalee (2009) Bengali Film Review". calcuttatube.com. 29 May 2009. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
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