The post below is from 2007. Now you can see this full film online. Check it out, you might like it: Bow Barracks Forever https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKqadQMEbF4&feature=relmfu
Saw this film at IFFI2004 in Goa. Though they talk about "Anglo Indians", some names are very Goan-ish! A nice film; fairly sensitively portrayed, I thought. Guess they're repackaging it for an overseas release. See it if you can... specially if you had some link with "British India" and the post-colonial trauma of readjusting to new realities. --FN 'Bow Barracks Forever' triumph of human spirit (Preview) Indo-Asian News Service New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) Community based films are not always popular among Indian audiences but Anjan Dutt, who made a brave attempt in "Bong Connection", returns with another one titled "Bow Barracks forever". Releasing Friday, the film, based on a real life story, shows the trials and tribulations of the Anglo-Indian community living in Bow Barracks - an old dilapidated building in north Kolkata. Veteran Bengali actors Victor Banerjee, Moon Moon Sen and Rupa Ganguly are part of the film's cast, which also includes Lillete and Neha Dubey. Apart from them, Dutt launches a new face - Clayton Rodgers. The characters in the movie try desperately to keep alive their hopes, dreams, aspirations and identity, as the world around them changes swiftly and tries to impose changes on them too. Bradley (Clayton), who plays the main lead, is frustrated with life because nobody understands him. He hates everything - his work and family. He just wants to play music. Anne's (Neha) alcoholic husband makes her life hell by beating her because she is having an affair with another man. Peter the Cheater (Victor) is an old trumpet player who is a bit of a drinker and a bit of a cheat ... but don't get fooled by what you see. Emily Lobo (Lilette) sells wine and cakes and people line up outside her house for them. But she waits outside a telephone booth every day to talk to her son in London. While she loves her son immensely, she can't leave her home in Bow Barracks and move to Britain. If Emily is torn between her son and her home, Rosa (Moon Moon) regrets walking out on her marriage. And now she wants to return for good! The only question is whether her husband and his family will take her back. And Rita (Rupa) is coping with her husband's infidelity. He hasn't been home in months but Rita hopes he will return one day for their daughter's sake. The building is home to some anti-social elements too - like Tom (Sabyasachi Chakravarty), a smuggler. His marriage is also on the rocks, thanks to his erratic life. Though these people are driven by different priorities, problems and passions, they have one thing in common - they all love their home, the old ramshackle building called Bow Barracks. And they can go to any length to safeguard it from real estate agents desperate to bring it down and construct a new building in its place. The film is entirely shot on location and has music by Neel Dutt, Anjan's son. Apart from professional actors, the director has also roped in residents of Bow Barracks to give it a touch of reality. Indo-Asian News Service -- FN P +91-832-2409490 M +91-9822122436 http://goa1556.in