Described as "a warm hearted, hilarious drama about two men in this crazy global world," the film stars Shayan Munshi, Raima Sen, Parambrata Chattopadhyay and Piya Rai Chowdhury along with noted actor Victor Banerjee. The two central male characters are Andy (Munshi) and Apu (Chattopadhyay).

Twenty six-year-old Andy, a second-generation Bengali born and brought up in New York, is a talented guitarist with a proclivity for Indian classical and folk music, especially the Baul genre. He sets off to Kolkata and attempts to come to terms with the city's reality which is completely alien to him. At this point Sheela (Raima Sen) gets friendly with him and shows him around. Andy can neither adjust to the growing non-Bengali disco culture of Tantra, nor can he empathise with the pettiness and mediocrity of the traditional Bengalis.

Apu, in turn, lives in Kolkata and sees Bengali culture as obsolete. Apu soon moves to Texas, US. Making friends with Rita (Piya), he shares an apartment with his office colleague Chris, who is gay and with whom he finds it difficult to adjust to. Apu's boss Garry (Banerjee) is a Bengali immigrant transformed into a typical Republican American. Hard reality hits Apu when he is mugged on the streets of Houston -- which brings him face to face the violent facet of his "Hollywood dreamland". Life in the US is a far cry from his secure, pampered home in Kolkata.

The film is essentially on a comic vein. Serious, important issues regarding globalisation are dealt through comic, humorous scenes. The style is wacky, neo and never verge on old-fashioned melodramatic sentiments.

Music director Neel Dutt has written the lyrics along with Anjan Dutt. The film is a delight for music lovers as it is replete with Baul music, Rabindra Sangeet and English scores. The tracks in the film are rendered by Nachiketa, Shaan, Swapan Basu, Shreya Ghoshal and Rupankar.

Compiled by Cultural Correspondent