Bandook
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| Directed by | Aditya Om |
| Written by | Aditya Om |
| Produced by | Aditya Om |
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| Edited by | Nilesh Gavand |
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Production companies | Modern Cinema PunchTantra Motion Pictures |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Bandook (transl. Gun) 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
[edit]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 peek 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
[edit]Producer, director Aditya Om revealed he has been working on the script from two years as film is based on political Dons.[2]
Cast
[edit]- Aditya Om - Bhola Kevat
- Manisha Kelkar - Kajri
- Arshad Khan- Lochan Singh Yadav
- Ashish Kotwal- Hari Om Tripathi
- Gauri Shankar- Police Inspector Puttu Tiwari
- Virendra Singh- Virendra Singh
Soundtrack
[edit]The music of the film was composed by Nikhil Kamath, Lavan and Veeral.
| # | Title | Singer(s) |
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| 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
[edit]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]
References
[edit]- ^ "Bandook Cast & Crew". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 15 March 2012.
- ^ "Bandook a film on political dons". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 14 January 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 11 January 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Bandook Movie Review {2/5}: Critic Review of Bandook by Times of India". The Times of India.
- ^ "Inkaar Remains Low Over The Weekend". Boxofficeindia.Com. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
