''Paglu'' (English: ''Mad'') is a 2011 Indian

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film directed by Rajib Biswas. The film is a remake of the 2006 Telugu film '' Devadasu''. The film stars Dev,

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and

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in lead roles, and follows the story of how a college student falls in love with a

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girl. The film was declared as all time blockbuster at the box office and broke the collection of Saathi (2002) and was the highest grossing Bengali movie of all time until Chander Pahar released. ''Paglu'' marked the third collaboration of Dev with Koel Mallick following their previous hits

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(2008), Mon Mane Na (2008) and

Bolo Na Tumi Aamar ''Bolo Na Tumi Aamar (')'' is a 2010 romantic comedy movie directed by Sujit Mondal and starring Dev and Koel Mallick in lead roles with Sabyasachi Chakraborty, Mousumi Saha and Tota Roy Chowdhury in supporting roles. The music was scored by Je ...

(2010). The film is the first instalment of the Paglu franchise. The song from ''Paglu'', "''Paglu Thoda Sa Karle Romance''" became a hit among youngsters and topped the Bengali Music Charts. ''Paglu'' was theatrically released in India on 3 June 2011. The film became a financial success, 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 ( 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.

Cast

* Dev as Dev aka Paglu *

as Rimi *

as Rimi's Father, a reputed personality of the

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* Pakna Sayed as Ronnie * Albi Babes as Joy * Tulika Basu as Rimi's mother * Partha Sarathi Chakraborty as Dev's friend *

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* RJ Sayan as Dev's friend. *

Titas Bhowmik Titas Bhowmik is an Indian actress who is known for playing the role of Kakoli in the Bengali television serial ''Tomay Amay Mile'', and in the 2011 film ''Paglu'',. To commemorate Shakespeare's birthday, she participated in an event where she ...

Soundtrack

Release

''Paglu'' was released theatrically on 3 June 2011 to mixed reviews and received a favourable audience response.

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.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Paglu Bengali-language Indian films Bengali remakes of Telugu films Films directed by Rajiv Kumar Biswas Films scored by Jeet Ganguly