''Paglu'' (English: ''Crazy'') is a 2011 Indian Bengali-language action film directed by Rajib Biswas. Produced by Surinder Films, the film stars Dev, Koel and Rajatava Dutta in lead roles. The screenplay and the dialogues were written by N.K Salil, with the songs composed by Jeet Gannguli. The cinematography was handled by Kumud Verma, action and dance sequences were choreographed by Judo Ramu and Baba Yadav respectively. The film follows the story of how a college student falls in love with a non resident Indian girl. The movie was a remake of 2006 Telugu movie '' Devadasu''. ''Paglu'' marked the third collaboration of Dev with Koel. The film is the first instalment of the ''Paglu'' franchise. The film successfully ran more than 150 days in West Bengal was the highest grossing Bengali movie until the 2013 film ''Chander Pahar''. ''Paglu'' was theatrically released in India on 3 June 2011. The film became a financial success, emerging as the eighth highest grossing Bengali movies of all time, with a lifetime collection of ₹9.95 crore.

Plot

The film begins with Dev, a college student, meeting Rimi– a girl who comes from the

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. 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

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and Rimi joining him there.

Cast

* Dev as Dev aka Paglu * Koel as Rimi * Rajatava Dutta as Rimi's Father, a reputed personality of the

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* Tulika Basu as Rimi's mother * Partha Sarathi Chakraborty as Dev's friend * Pradip Dhar * RJ Sayan as Dev's friend. * Titas Bhowmik

Soundtrack

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 Gannguli Surinder Films Bengali-language action films 2010s Bengali-language films