Paglu

Paglu (English: Crazy) is a 2011 Indian Bengali-language action film directed by Rajib Biswas. Produced by Surinder Films, the film stars Dev, Koel Mallick 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.^[3]

Paglu
Movie Commercial Poster
Directed by	Rajiv Kumar Biswas
Written by	N.K. Salil
Screenplay by	N.K. Salil
Produced by	Nispal Singh
Starring	Dev Koel Mallick Rajatava Dutta
Cinematography	Kumud Verma
Edited by	Rabiranjan Maitra Aninda Chattopadhyay
Music by	Jeet Gannguli
Production company	Surinder Films
Distributed by	Shree Venkatesh Films
Release date	3 June 2011 (2011-06-03)
Running time	159 minutes
Country	India
Language	Bengali
Budget	₹5 crore[1]
Box office	₹9.95 crore[2]

Paglu marked the third collaboration of Dev with Koel Mallick. 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.^[4] The film became a financial success,^[5] 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 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.^[6]

Cast

• Dev as Dev aka Paglu
• Koel Mallick as Rimi
• Rajatava Dutta as Rimi's Father, a reputed personality of the United States
• Tulika Basu as Rimi's mother
• Partha Sarathi Chakraborty as Dev's friend
• Pradip Dhar
• RJ Sayan as Dev's friend.
• Titas Bhowmik

Soundtrack

Paglu
Soundtrack album by Jeet Gannguli
Released	2011
Recorded	2010
Studio	Surinder Films
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Label	Surinder Films
Producer	Surinder Films
Jeet Gannguli chronology
Josh (2010) Paglu (2011) Bhorer Alo (2011)
Singles from Paglu
"Paglu Title Track" Released: 25 April 2011 "Mon Bebagi" Released: 23 May 2011 "Jane Mon" Released: 16 Jun 2011 "Eshechi Toke Niye" Released: 7 July 2011 "Prem Ki Bujhini" Released: 18 August 2011

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Paglu Title Track"	Priyo Chattopadhyay	Mika Singh & Akriti Kakkar	03:34
2.	"Prem Ki Bujhini"	Prasen (Prasenjit Mukherjee)	Zubeen Garg & Akriti Kakkar	03:51
3.	"Mon Bebagi"	Prasen (Prasenjit Mukherjee)	Kunal Ganjawala, Akriti Kakkar & Rana Mazumder	04:12
4.	"Eshechi Toke Niye"	Prasen (Prasenjit Mukherjee)	Mohit Chauhan	04:03
5.	"Jane Mon"	Prasen (Prasenjit Mukherjee)	Jeet Gannguli	03:52
6.	"Paglu - Remix"	Priyo Chattopadhyay	Mika Singh & Akriti Kakkar	04:08

All lyrics are written by Priyo Chattopadhyay, Prasen (Prasenjit Mukherjee); all music is composed by Jeet Gannguli

Sequel

Main article: Paglu 2

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.