Bandook Explained

Bandook
Director:Aditya Om
Producer:Aditya Om
Editing:Nilesh Gavand
Studio:Modern Cinema
PunchTantra Motion Pictures
Country:India
Language:Hindi

Bandook is a 2013 Bollywood crime film starring Aditya Om, Manisha Kelkar and Arshad Khan. The film was directed and produced by Aditya Om.[1]

Synopsis

The film depicts the rise of Bhola Kevat, a lower caste boatman "Mallaah" (Kewat) in the interiors of Uttar Pradesh rising to the unexpected heights of political power. Bandook connects crime and politics, a psychological peep inside the minds of people who use the power of the gun as a ladder to worldly success, It shows the vast distance covered by the human mind from picking a gun to pulling the trigger.

Development

Producer, director Aditya Om revealed he has been working on the script from two years as film is based on political Dons.[2]

Cast

Soundtrack

The music of the film was composed by Nikhil Kamath, Lavan and Veeral.

Title Singer(s)
1"Tu Jaldi Bata De"Bandana Sharma,Siddharth Hazarika
2"Chunaav Re"Rekha Bhardwaj
3"Shortcut Me Gundai"Altaf Raja,Raju Bhasvar
4"Mrigtrishna Marusthal" (Male)Jagjit Singh
5"Up Ki Holi"Nikhil Kamath
6"Mohe Balam"Tori Dattaroy
7"Ganga Ki Lehren"Lavan

Release

Justin Rao from The Hitavada gave it one star, and said, "It tries to be everything in the end and loses its own track on which it established itself. The movie has 100 shots of bullets but sadly not a single shot of brilliance".[3] [4] According to Box Office India, Bandook fails completely at boxoffice and termed as disaster.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bandook Cast & Crew. https://web.archive.org/web/20120315014710/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/moviemicro/cast/id/550552. dead. 15 March 2012. Bollywood Hungama.
  2. Web site: Bandook a film on political dons. https://web.archive.org/web/20130114235659/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-01-28/news-interviews/30670945_1_bandook-political-thriller-film. dead. 14 January 2013. The Times of India. 28 January 2012.
  3. Web site: Archived copy . 1 July 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140111061503/http://www.ehitavada.com/news.detail/paper_type/1/news_id/189594/date/2013-01-19 . 11 January 2014 . dead .
  4. Web site: Bandook Movie Review : Critic Review of Bandook by Times of India . .
  5. Web site: Inkaar Remains Low Over The Weekend. Boxofficeindia.Com. 21 January 2013.