| The Bypass | |
| Director: | Amit Kumar |
| Producer: | Asif Kapadia Trevor Ingman |
| Starring: | Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Sundar Dan Detha, Irrfan Khan |
| Music: | Dario Marianelli |
| Studio: | FilmFour UK Film Council |
| Distributors: | --> |
| Runtime: | 17 minutes |
| Country: | India United Kingdom |
| Language: | Silent |
The Bypass is a 2003 Indian-British short silent crime film written and directed by Amit Kumar starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Irfan Khan and Sundar Dan Detha. The Bypass was filmed on a stranded road somewhere in Rajasthan, India.[1] The film was shown at the Edinburgh International Film Festival and Aubagne Film Festival.[2] [3]
The film is about two friends who stay by the stranded road "Bypass" and a corrupt police officer. The two friends frequently mug and ultimately kill the people who travel by the road. Amit Kumar starts the film by showing a couple traveling by the road, and then Nawazuddin Siddiqui stops the car by throwing a rock. The two friends then steal money and graphically kill the pair. Irrfan Khan's role as a corrupt police officer is established when he takes a watch by cutting the wrist of a dead man, then rapes a lady and tries to kill the two muggers for the money they had.[4] The director represents the thrill of "Bypass" through violence and aggression.