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Bye Bye Bangkok is a 2011 Bengali comedy film, directed by Aniket Chattopadhaya. It featured Swastika Mukherjee, Rajesh Sharma, Shilajit Majumdar, Rudranil Ghosh, Kharaj Mukherjee, Anjana Basu, Locket Chatterjee, Sonali Choudhury, Kanchan Mallik, Kanchana Maitra, Neel Mukherjee, Rajatava Dutta, Biswajit Chakrabarty, Phalguni Chatterjee, Kunal Padhi, Sudipa Basu and others.
The film has been shot in Bangkok and Calcutta

Movie Review: Brush aside the thoughts of " Bye Bye Bangkok" being a desi version of " Blame it on Rio".

If you want to enjoy a fun film that has a clever concoction of humorous one liners and knockout performances, "BBB" seems like a safe bet this season. The film revolves around the life of four couples played by Anjana-Silajit, Sonalee Chowdhury-Kharaj Mukherjee, Kanchan Mullick-Kanchana Moitra, Sujan Mukherjee-Locket Chatterjee. Sadly enough, everyone is so busy pursuing their dreams that they throw caution to the winds and engage in alleged extra-marital affairs only to find themselves trapped in embarrassingly amusing situations. The result is a clean comedy of errors on the sun-kissed beaches of Bangkok.

If there was a tie between what exactly works for Aniket Chattopadhyay's film, it would be between the director's script and the effortless performance by an able cast. Kanchan finally gets a role that should make other Tollywood directors regret why they never used his potential the way Aniket has. His body language as a gamcha-clad deity-obsessed worshipper or the scared-stiff cuckolded hubby who wants to get buried in the sand or hugs Anjana tight while saying 'ami apnake didir moto dekhi' is spot-on. So, is Rudranil in the role of a driver. Mark his comic timing in the scene where he opens his T-shirt, pulls it to cover his face and then takes it off completely before retiring to a deck-chair. And then, there is Kharaj as the crass promoter who is perpetually speaking wrong English and creating a laugh riot of sorts. If these three act with their body language as well as the sheer power of the situational comedy, Silajit, Anjana, Kanchana, Sonalee and Sujan rely more on Aniket's lines. If Kanchana is decent as a small-time model-cum-mistress, Anjana is the right cast as the much-ignored yet educated college lecturer who wants to prove a point. Sonalee as the award-obsessed social worker gives enough scope for Aniket to pen the dialogues that take a dig at what goes into the making of the city's internationally awarded films. Award-winning directors in this city might not take too kindly when Silajit insists that the must-have ingredients for an award-winning movie are: "Nongra bosti, aborjona, matal, beshya, kata ghuri, banshiwallah, gas balloonwallah, baaj pora taalgaach". The audience, however, will enjoy a good laugh over it. Not forgetting Swastika, who looks and acts the bimbette, and Biswajit Chakraborty's bit role of a fix-it-all travel agent. Of course, there are moments when the film slips into the slapstick mode and becomes repetitive. Thankfully, the razor-sharp characterization doesn't allow the attention to dwindle and soon enough, there are other situations that get the audience in splits.

Though the film is a light-hearted comedy, there is a twist in the tale at the end that makes for quite a strong comment on the hypocrisy and essential selfishness of people desperate to protect their image in the urban life. This sure can be a bonus for those who pause to take note of it. But for those who don't, the film will still have a lot to carry back a smile home.