''I Love You'' is a 2007 Indian Bengali
romantic drama
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film by
Ravi Kinagi
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.
This movie is a remake of the
Telugu
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film ''
Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana
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''. It was a
Shree Venkatesh Films
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production. The rural scenes shown in this movie were filmed in the original location and set where the Telugu film was filmed at a village near Araku in Andhra Pradesh .
Plot
Rahul (
Dev) is a rich, city boy, born to billionaire parents and brought up in Kolkata. On the other hand, Puja (
Payel Sarkar
Payel Sarkar (born 10 February 1984) is an Indian actress who has appeared in Bengali films and Hindi television. On 25 February 2021, she joined the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Political career
Sarkar joined Bharatiya Janata Party in 2021 and ...
)is a traditional, simple desi girl, from a village of West Bengal who is brought up by her only brother, Indra (
Tapas Paul
Tapas Paul (29 September 1958 – 18 February 2020) was an Indian actor and politician. One of the most celebrated actors of Bengali cinema, Paul is best known for his on-screen romantic collaboration with Mahua Roy Choudhury and Debashree Ro ...
). He is heartbroken when their father marries another woman and throws them out of the house, humiliating them on the way. Their mother dies and her tomb is built on the small land which they own until the zamindar tells them that it is his land, since their mother had taken a loan from the man. Indra volunteers to work day and night, to pay off the loan as long as they don't tear down his mother's tomb. The Zamindar agrees and the local station master helps them. Slowly Indra and Puja grow up. One day, Barsha, Puja's best friend, comes to their house to invite Puja to their house as she is getting married. Barsha's elder brother Rahul also arrives on the same day from UK, finishing his studies.
Slowly Rahul and Puja fall in love but Rahul's father does not bear it as Puja is not as rich as them, and is thus not to their standards; Rahul is also to be married to Rahul's father Shantonu Chowdhury's business partner's daughter, Mona. Shantonu Chowdhury humiliates Puja as well as Indra, who arrives a minute before, and both are thrown of the house after Shantonu Chowdhury accuses them of trying to entice and trap Rahul. When Rahul learns of this, he goes to Puja's house and pleads to her brother to accept him. Indra gives him a chance, just like he was given a chance by the Zamindar when he was little. Rahul is tasked to take care of the cows, clean up after them and grow more crops than Indra by the end of the season; if he does not, Rahul will be thrown out of the village and can never see Puja again. A village boy who was beaten up by Indra earlier, he doesn't bear it. With his goons, Mona's father trying to get Rahul to lose the competition, Rahul has to work hard for his love, eating red chillies and rice everyday, even though he can't bear it. Through many antics from the Village goons side and Mona's side, Rahul eventually proves his love for Puja to Indra, and succeeds in growing more grains. However, the village goon kidnaps Puja and then later tries to rape her. A fight takes place in which Rahul kills the goon, Indra, after realizing that Rahul and Puja should be together, takes the blame for this and spends 5 years in prison. The movie ends with Indra's release from prison which is also when Puja and Rahul get married, in everyone's presence. Shantonu Chowdhury also becomes happy to get Puja as daughter-in-law.
Cast
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Dev as Rahul
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Payel Sarkar
Payel Sarkar (born 10 February 1984) is an Indian actress who has appeared in Bengali films and Hindi television. On 25 February 2021, she joined the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Political career
Sarkar joined Bharatiya Janata Party in 2021 and ...
as Pooja
*
Tapas Paul
Tapas Paul (29 September 1958 – 18 February 2020) was an Indian actor and politician. One of the most celebrated actors of Bengali cinema, Paul is best known for his on-screen romantic collaboration with Mahua Roy Choudhury and Debashree Ro ...
as Indra, Pooja's elder brother
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Arun Bannerjee
Arun Bannerjee ( bn, অরুণ ব্যানার্জী, hi, अरुण बनर्जी) is an Indian Bengali film actor.
Filmography
Actor
* '' Herogiri'' (2015)
* ''Bhroon'' (2013)
* ''Canvas'' (2013)
* ''Jodi Hridoye Lekho ...
as Rahul's father
*
Anuradha Roy as Rahul's mother
*
Rajatava Dutta
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as Mona's father
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Kamalika Banerjee
Kamalika Banerjee or Kamalika Bandyopadhyay is a Bengali film and television actress.
Works Films
Television
* '' Checkmate'' as Dr. Banalata Sen
* ''Ekhane Aakash Neel'' as Basabdatta
* '' Behula on Star Jalsha
Star Jalsha is an ...
as Mona's mother
*
Subhasish Mukherjee
Subhasish Mukherjee ( bn, শুভাশীষ মুখার্জি) is an Indian Bengali actor. He is a well-known actor in Bengali cinema. He generally appears in comedy and in supporting roles. Some of his well-known films where he acted ...
as Kartik
*
Paoli Dam
Paoli Dam (born 1980) is an Indian actress who started her career with the Bengali television serial ''Jibon Niye Khela'' (2003). She then worked in Bengali television serials such as ''Tithir Atithi'' and ''Sonar Harin''; the former ran for ...
as Barsha
*
Bharat Kaul
Bharat Kaul is an Indian actor mainly known for villainous and antagonistic roles in Bengali films. He has also appeared in Hindi films.
Filmography
Television
References
External links
*
21st-century Indian male actors
20th-centu ...
as Village goon
*Meghna Halder as Mona
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Sumit Ganguly as Shombhu, caretaker of Indra's firm
*Joy Badlani as Jailor
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Debu Bose
Debu Bose was an Indian actor born in Odisha, British India. Bose made his debut in the film ''Tapasya'' in 1980. The actor has acted in over 120 movies within his career, spanning over four decades.
Early life
He was born on 2 December 1942 at ...
as station master
Soundtrack
Choreography by Naidu.
References
External links
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2007 films
Films scored by Jeet Ganguly
Films scored by Devi Sri Prasad
2000s Bengali-language films
Bengali-language Indian films
Films directed by Rabi Kinagi
Bengali remakes of Telugu films
Indian romantic comedy films
2007 romantic comedy films