''Jio Pagla'' (

Bengali Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to: *something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia * Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region * Bengali language, the language they speak ** Bengali alphabet, the w ...

: জিও পাগলা ''Jiō Pāglā'') is a 2017 Indian

comedy film The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the o ...

directed by

Ravi Kinagi Ravi Kinagi (; alternative spellings: Rabi Kinagi, Rabi Kinnagi) is an Indian film director, documentary editor, and screenwriter. He works predominantly in Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali and Cinema of Odisha, Odia cinema. Biography Ravi Kinag ...

. The film is an adaptation of Sailesh Dey's Bengali play ''Joymakali Boarding''.

Plot

Ananta, Sujoy, Ananda and Rajasaunkar Dhol were very close friends from childhood. Ananta, a fashion photographer lived in a rented house, which is owned by Khagen Mal. His three friends lived at their native place. Ananda has to come to Kolkata and live with Ananta for his job at Kolkata. After that, Sujoy came to Kolkata for an interview for the Dance Paglu Dance and Rajsaunkar came to Kolkata having been chased from his work in theaters. In a dramatic turn of events, all the friends are forced to live together at Ananta's rented home. One day Khogen catches them red-handed doing mischief with his third wife, Tola Boudi and forces them to vacate the house. After a lot of searching they found a home where they could at least live but they needed family. So they decided that Sujoy and Dhol have to pretend to be Ananda's and Ananta's wife. Gradually everyone got their girlfriends, found their girlfriends having relation to the members of the same house and by some turn of events they all got to know everything. But Nepal Khan, the leader Nepal Khan bn Complex, associating with Khagen Mal, kidnapped them and threatened the family members to sign, for that he could complete his building project. The team of four friends reached there and fought with them and while fighting all makeups were removed and the family members also got to know about it. After all of the winning, they apologized to them and the family happily forgave them and appreciated them.

Cast

Jisshu Sengupta Jisshu Sengupta (born Biswaroop Sengupta; 15 March 1977) is an Indian actor, producer, television presenter, who predominantly works in Bengali, Hindi and Telugu films alongside a few Kannada films. Sengupta made his debut through a Bengali TV ...

as Ananta Sen *

Soham Chakraborty Soham Chakraborty (born 4 March 1984) is an Indian actor, producer, television personality and politician. He has appeared in more than 100 Tollywood (Bengali cinema), Bengali films, as child artist (Master Bittu) and as male lead. He earned n ...

as Rajshankar Dhol aka Gouri *

Hiran Chatterjee Hiran Chatterjee (born Hiranmoy Chattopadhyay, 19 December 1985) is an Indian actor and politician who has served as the Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly for Kharagpur Sadar since 2021. A member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ...

as Ananda *

Bonny Sengupta Bonny Sengupta (born Anupriyo Sengupta on 10 August 1990) is an Indian Bengali film actor and politician. His first two films, ''Borbaad (Indian film), Borbaad'' and ''Parbona Ami Chartey Tokey'', were directed by Raj Chakraborty. Personal lif ...

as Sujoy aka Sumona *

Srabanti Chatterjee Srabanti Chatterjee (born 13 August 1987) is an Indian actress who works in Bengali films. One of the highest paid and finest actresses of Bengali Cinema, She is known for her versatile acting skills and has been a popular face in Bengali Fi ...

as Priya *

Payel Sarkar Payel Sarkar 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 contested in 2021 West ...

as Nandita aka Nodi *

Rittika Sen Rittika Sen is an Indian actress who appears in Bengali language, Bengali and Tamil language, Tamil films. She was featured in the ''Calcutta Times'' list of ''Most Desirable Women 2015''. Career Rittika Sen kicked off the journey in the show ...

as Sashikala *

Koushani Mukherjee Koushani Mukherjee is an Indian actress-turned to politician. She mainly appears in Bengali films. She debuted in the movie '' Parbona Ami Chartey Tokey'' in 2015, with Bonny Sengupta, directed by Raj Chakraborty. Career In 2015, Mukherjee ...

as Monalisa *

Supriyo Dutta Supriyo Dutta is an Indian Bengali language film and theatre artist from West Bengal. He is prominently known for his diverse roles in the Tollywood industry. He started his career as a background artist in the Indian Bengali film and establi ...

as Khagen Mal, owner of the house * Payel Chakraborty as Tola Boudi, Khagen Mal's second wife *

Ambarish Bhattacharya Ambarish Bhattacharya (born 13 March 1979) is a Bengali actor and comedian. He started his career through performing at Bengali theatre and stage. He made his television debut in the 2007 playing the character ''Gaja'' in Raja & Gaja. He has ac ...

as corrupt promoter Nepal Khan * Anuradha Roy as Nayantara Devi *

Biswajit Chakraborty Biswajit Chakraborty, (born 1 May 1958) is an Indian film actor who appears predominantly in Bengali movies. He was born in Kolkata, West Bengal. His debut movie was '' Sunya Theke Suru'' directed by Ashoke Viswanathan. He has acted in more t ...

as Landlord * Candy Das as Leela * Kanchan Mallick as Nagen Nag, Sashikala's uncle *Sharmila Das as Shasikala's Aunt *Barna Raha *

Rimjhim Mitra Rimjhim Mitra is an Indian actress who works in Bengali language television series and film. In 2010, she participated in a Bengali dance reality show. In 2013, she was the winner of season one of ''Jhalak Dikhla Jaa Bangla'', shown on ETV Bang ...

as Judge * Rabi Kinnagi as Judge *

Kharaj Mukherjee Kharaj Mukherjee or Kharaj Mukhopadhyay is an Indian actor, comedian and singer. He won the Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Best Male Playback Award in 2004 for the film '' Patalghar''. Over the years, he has established himself as on ...

as Inspector *Masud Rana as Judge

Soundtrack

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jio Pagla Bengali-language Indian films 2010s Bengali-language films Cross-dressing in Indian films Films scored by Jeet Gannguli Films based on Joymakali Boarding by Sadan Sarkar Indian films based on plays Bengali-language comedy films Surinder Films