Sequel bug bites Raj Chakrabarty

Like Bollywood, it���s raining sequels in T-town. Close on the heels of ���Challenge 2���, ���Paglu 2��� and ���Cross Connection 2��� comes ���Prem Amar 2��� to be directed by Raj Chakrabarty.
Raj, who had gone location-hunting to Malda, said, ���The film is tentatively titled ���PA2���. There was a big demand for a sequel to ���PA��� and this was the right time to direct it.��� But can a sequel do as good business as the original? ���Lack of new titles prompt many directors to name a new film after an earlier hit.A sequel also means lesser risk as the original already has a place in the audience���s heart. But ���PA2��� will certainly take things forward by many steps,��� explained Raj.
The film also marks a ���sequel��� of sorts for Raj, who���s he���s returning after two years to the
production house that made him a hit director. ���I don���t know the exact reason for the break and it wasn���t healthy either. But I was never out of touch with them. Shrikantda (Shrikant Mohta) and I share a ���husband-wife��� relationship (laughs). We fight but we can���t stay without each other,��� said Raj.
While Raj���s last film, ���Dui Prithibi���, was a road movie, this film ��� which also has an element of travel ��� weaves in love stories. ���The film starts with two buses colliding on the highway in Behrampore because of rash driving. Then we go into a four-hour flashback. On the buses, there are students, a newly-wed couple, a guy taking his girlfriend to meet his parents, a girl travelling to Kolkata for the first time... each person with his own dreams. And then, how rash driving can destroy all those dreams. It���s a film with a strong message,��� says Raj. Soham, Mimi, Payel, Abir, Sayoni, Kaushik, Debomoy and Susmita have pivotal roles, while Jeet Gannguli will score the music of ���PA2���, which Raj called the ���toughest��� film of his career.