''Paran Jai Jaliya Re'' (''My Heart is Set on Fire'') is a 2009 Bengali romance film directed by

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. This film stars Dev and

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. It is a remake of 2007 Hindi film

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. The director of the original

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filed a case against the producers of ''Paran Jai Jaliya Re'' and they gave a penalty of Rs. 75 lakh. In this movie, Dev and

act together in the second time after the film, Challenge.

Plot

Anna (

) is a

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girl living in London whose father (

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) wants her to get married with an Indian lad. However, Anna is deeply involved in a platonic relationship with a half-British boy Harry. Anna's brother, Sid (

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) is in a relationship with a British girl and wants to marry her. However, his father refuses to let him marry her and which makes Sid choose to leave his parents' home. Meanwhile, Anna's father manages to bring his wife and daughter to India where he can find a suitable groom for his daughter. They meet Raj, a quintessential charming

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lad who falls in love with Anna and their marriage is finalized since Raj's father is an old friend of Anna's dad. However, although Anna likes Raj, she hatches a plan to delay and finally annul the engagement by implementing her brother's plan of bringing Raj to London and 'breaking up' with him abroad. Now in a foreign land, Raj tackles the adversities before him in order to win over Anna and marry her at last.

Cast

* Dev as Raj *

as Anna * Rahul Banerjee as Vivek (Guest Appearance) *

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as Siddharth "Sid" Banerjee * Maryam as Liza, Siddharth's wife * Md Mozahid Khan as Rohit * Sayed Hossain as Anoy *

as Ranjit Bannerjee, Anna's father * Labony Sarkar as Maya Banerjee, Anna's mother *

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as Raj's Cousin *Bodhisttva Majumdar as Bijay, Raj's father *

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as Raj's Mother *

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as Seema, Raj's aunt * Rajat Ganguly as Ranjit's friend * Mita Chatterjee as Raj's grandmother * Shaan as Harry

Soundtrack

The biggest hit was "Chokher Jole" sung by

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Controversy

The producers of the movie were sued for plagiarism soon after the release of the film by

who produced

who alleged that the plot was his film. The film was banned from screening twice, once by a lower court and later by

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. After the High Court decision, the producers came to a settlement after Shree Venkatesh Films agreed to pay a fine of seventy-five lakh (7.5 million) rupees. This out-of-court settlement can be considered hefty since the making of the film took about 2 crore (20 million) rupees. Moreover, the settlement required the movie to display a title card stating 'Based on

, a film by

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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Poran Jai Jolia Re 2009 films Bengali-language Indian films Bengali remakes of Hindi films 2000s Bengali-language films Indian romantic comedy-drama films Films scored by Jeet Ganguly Indian drama films