THE PROMOTER

Bodhi Banerjee is a small-time
real estate developer, a promoter, who is always pondering the big moral
question of all time—howto do good and be right and win at the same time?
Bodhi’s life unravels as he unwillingly becomes the central figure in a struggleto
preserve a heritage building. His descent is assisted by a large cast of
characters. Neera, the woman of Bodhi’s dreams, who keepsdropping hints that
she may be in love with someone else. Baba, his father, who wants Bodhi to
dream of someone else. Cookie,his business partner, who has several
disturbing tendencies. Chhotomama, Bodhi’s communist uncle, who instigates
the fightover the historic house. And a family of fallen tycoons, including a
deceased philandering patriarch, his delusional widow, their twoworthless
sons and their wives and an almost-forgotten bastard son. These characters
collide with increasing velocity over twomonths of farce in sweltering
Calcutta. Can anything survive these collisions of muddled men and their
desires?