Bonku Babu

A gentle, silly family comedy where a stubborn old man's odd new behaviour keeps everyone amused and mildly exasperated.

Directed by

Anindya Bikas Datta

Genres

Drama, Comedy

Starring

Saswata Chatterjee, Arjun Chakrabarty, Arunima Ghosh

Overview

A hilarious comedy about a Bengali patriarch Banku Babu who dominates his entire household in completely averse to changes until he meets with an accident which results in about of amnesia. When a local promoter demands his ancestral house, Banku Babu denies and gets injured in a squabble, starting to behave strangely, sometimes like his matinee idol Rajesh Khanna.

How it feels

Light, absurd, warm and satirical. Measured and easy to follow.

About

Family, identity, class, power

Content

Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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