Bong Connection premiere at Cinemax

Anjun Dutta's Bong Connection premiered with a live performance by the director himself and his band at Cinemax.

The culture awakening crossover film "The Bong Connection" is slated for release all over the country on 6th of July 2007. Anjan Dutt's, first English crossover film.

The movie stars a plethora of powerhouse performers Shayan Munshi, Raima Sen, Parambrata Chattopadhyay & Peeya Rai Chowdhary.

A warm hearted, hilarious, yet deeply touching drama about two men in this crazy, global world, the story revolves around two characters namely Andy(Shyan Munshi) who is a young Bengali musician from New York and the Kolkata based Texas aspirant Apu(Parambrata Chattopadhyay). While living in a country that seems beyond Indian culture is not what Andy can relate to, Apu is today's youth of India who sees Bengali culture as obsolete and would rather live a free life in a city like Texas. While the characters are not even related in the movie, instances that occur within their lives form the essence of the movie in its entirety.

The movie, which has its roots embedded in the parallel genre, is commercially viable and youth- centric. It lays impetus on the importance of Bengali culture and the endeavour to revive it once again. The movie has been greatly appreciated at MAMI, Osian, New York film festival

The veteran director Anjan Dutt of "Bada Din" and "Bow Barracks Forever" fame, seems to be excited about his latest venture

Stated Anjan Dutt, "After directing Bada Din and Bow Barracks Forever, I am embarking on a new journey in life with The Bong Connection, this is an important project for me as this is going to be my first experiment with directing an English language feature film out of the country."

Neel Dutt is the Music director for the movie and he together with Anjan Dutt has written the lyrics. Neel Dutt has added variety in all his compositions. The music comprises of songs, from baul and Rabindrasangeet to even English music. From Trans-techno feel which appeals to young people; the album is loaded with audible surprises for everyone.

Nachiketa, Shaan, Swapan Basu, Shreya Ghoshal and Rupankar have rendered their voices to the tracks in the album.