The Bongs Again
2017 film by Anjan Dutt
The Bongs Again is a 2017 Indian bilingual (Bengali/English) film directed by Anjan Dutt and produced by Overseas Films Limited. The film stars Parno Mitra, Neha Panda, Anjan Dutt, Gaurav Chakraborty, Jisshu Sengupta. It was theatrically released on 13 January 2017.
Synopsis
10 years after The Bong Connection, The Bongs Again is a journey of two young women. Sara, in her 20s, comes to Kolkata from the UK to look for her biological mother. Oli, also in her 20s, goes to London from Kolkata in search of her father who had left her and the family.
The story takes us through their journeys, the connections they make, and the pursuit of finding their blood relations. The Bongs Again is fun-filled but with insights which change the way we perceive life. The film depicts today's cosmo Calcuttans and NRI Bengalis, their lifestyle, thinking, and approach towards life.
Cast
Deepak Anand as Deepak (father)
Aditi Bajpai as Aitree, the friend
Gaurav Chakrabarty as Anindya
Subhra Sourav Das
Anjan Dutt
Hassan Khan
Bradley Wj Miller as gang leader
Parno Mittra as Oli
Neha Panda as Sara
Jisshu Sengupta as Jisshu
'mJo Wheatley as Martha
Dhritiman Chatterjee
Soundtrack
The songs are written by Rabindranath Tagore, and Neel Dutt.
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