Paran Jai Jaliya Re (My Heart is Set on Fire) is a 2009 Indian Bengali-language romance film directed by Ravi Kinnagi. This film stars Dev and Subhashree Ganguly in the lead roles.[3] It is a remake of 2007 Hindi film Namastey London. Vipul Shah, the director of the original movie filed a case against the producers of Paran Jai Jaliya Re and they gave a penalty of Rs. 75 lakh.[4] In this movie, Dev and Subhashree Ganguly were cast together for the second time after Challenge in 2009.
Plot
Anna is an NRI girl living in London whose father wants her to marry an Indian lad. However, Anna is deeply involved in a platonic relationship with a half-British boy Harry. Anna's brother, Sid is in a relationship with a British girl and wants to marry her. However, his father refuses to let him marry her which makes Sid choose to leave his parents' home. Meanwhile, Anna's father manages to bring his wife and daughter to India where he can find a suitable groom for his daughter. They meet Raj, a quintessential charming Bengali lad who falls in love with Anna and their marriage is finalized since Raj's father is an old friend of Anna's dad. However, although Anna likes Raj, she hatches a plan to delay and finally annul the engagement by implementing her brother's plan of bringing Raj to London and 'breaking up' with him abroad. Now in a foreign land, Raj tackles the adversities before him to win over Anna and marry her at last. After such situations, Harry's true nature is revealed when he misbehaves with Anna and Raj stops it. At last, he and Anna marry and live happily ever after.
Cast
- Dev as Raj
- Subhashree Ganguly as Anamika "Anna" Banerjee
- Rahul Banerjee as Vivek (in a guest appearance)
- Tota Roy Chowdhury as Siddharth "Sid" Banerjee
- Maryam as Liza, Siddharth's wife
- Biswajit Chakraborty as Ranjit Bannerjee, Anna's father
- Laboni Sarkar as Maya Banerjee, Anna's mother
- Aritra Dutta Banik as Raj's cousin
- Bodhisttva Majumdar as Bijay, Raj's father
- Mousumi Saha as Raj's mother
- Locket Chatterjee as Seema, Raj's aunt
- Rajat Ganguly as Ranjit's friend
- Mita Chatterjee as Raj's grandmother
- Shaan as Harry
Soundtrack
The biggest hit was "Chokher Jole"[citation needed] sung by Zubeen Garg.
All lyrics are written by Gautam Sushmit, Priyo Chattopadhyay; all music is composed by Jeet Gannguli
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Chokher Jole" | Priyo Chattopadhyay | Zubeen Garg | 5:10 |
| 2. | "Swapno Nil" | Gautam Susmit | Jeet Gannguli | 4:08 |
| 3. | "Mon Jane" | Gautam Sushmit | Shaan, June Banerjee | 4:17 |
| 4. | "Dhaker Taley" | Priyo Chattopadhyay | Abhijeet Bhattacharya, Parinita, Sudipto & Chorus | 4:51 |
| 5. | "Poran Jai Jolia Re Title Track" | Gautam Sushmit | Jeet Gannguli | 4:57 |
| 6. | "Paran Jai Jaliya Re (Remix)" | Gautam Sushmit | Jeet Gannguli |
Controversy
The producers of the movie were sued for plagiarism soon after the release of the film by Vipul Shah who produced Namastey London who alleged that the plot was his film. The film was banned from screening twice, once by a lower court and later by Calcutta High Court. After the High Court decision, the producers came to a settlement after Shree Venkatesh Films agreed to pay a fine of seventy-five lakh (7.5 million) rupees. This out-of-court settlement can be considered hefty since the making of the film took about 2 crore (20 million) rupees. Moreover, the settlement required the movie to display a title card stating 'Based on Namastey London, a film by Vipul Amrutlal Shah'.[4]
References
- ^ "Paran Jai Jaliya Re (Rs.9.50 crore) - Highest grossing Bengali movies". The Times of India.
- ^ "Top 5 Bengali films with good numbers at box office". The Statesman. 15 December 2017.
- ^ "Poran Jay Joliya Re (2009) Bengali Movie". calcutatube.com. 27 June 2009. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ^ a b "Copycat pays Rs 75 lakh to play Poran Jai plays on – Poran Jai Joliya Re strikes out-of-court deal with Namastey London". The Telegraph. 5 September 2009. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
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