Madly Bangali

Madly Bangali

2009 · 130 min · ★ 8.0 · Music

Madly Bangalee is a Bengali rock band that inspires the film’s title. They rehearse in a dowdy garage of Kolkata, owned by Bobby (Lew Hilt), who owns Bobby’s Garage. Four young boys with stardust in their eyes practise their numbers not knowing what they are really aiming at. But the garage is under threat from a South Kolkata don Baburam (Chandan Sen). One morning, an elderly man, San (Anjan Dutt), arrives from "America and Paris." Baaji, (Sumit) the drummer who is a Muslim had to drop out of school. He escapes from the trap of turning a terrorist like his older brother Sultan. He later becomes a police officer who bashes up everyone who tries to bribe him. Neon (Tanaji) plays the rhythm guitar but, sucked into the world of drugs, he disappears from the face of the earth with his guitar. Pablo, lead singer, bass guitarist and lyricist, leaves for the US and the group breaks up. Bobby dies.

Directed by Anjan Dutt · Written by Anjan Dutt

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Soumyak Kanti DeBiswas Pablo
Tanaji Dasgupta Neon
Sumeet Thakur Faisal "Baaji" Ali
Anubrata Basu Bibek "Benji" Banerjee
Roshni Bose Joy
Anasuya Sengupta Tanya
Supriya Choudhury San's aunt
Lew Hilt Bobby
Anjan Dutt Sandip "San" Banerjee
Biswajit Chakraborty Mustafa
Saswata Chatterjee Neon's father
Chandan Sen Babu Ram

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