The Bong Connection
The Bong Connection is a 2007 Indian movie starring Raima Sen, Shayan Munshi and Parambrata Chatterjee and directed by Anjan Dutt. The movie is based on the lives of Bengalis in the US and Kolkata.
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 in 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 Sheetal, 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.
Cast
- Parambrata Chatterjee
- Shayan Munshi
- Raima Sen
- Victor Banerjee
- Samrat Chakrabarti
- Shauvik Kundagrami
- Peeya Rai Chowdhary