''Bandook'' () is a

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Bollywood crime film starring

Aditya Om Aditya Om (born 5 October 1975) is an Indian actor and director who works predominantly in Telugu films. He also did theatre and serials. He debuted with ''Lahiri Lahiri Lahirilo'' (2002) as an actor and directed '' Bandook'' (2013). He got many ...

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and Arshad Khan. The film was directed and produced by Aditya Om.

Synopsis

The film depicts the rise of Bhola Kevat, a lower caste boatman "

Mallaah The Mallaah are the traditional boatmen and fishermen tribes or communities found in North India, East India, Northeastern India and Pakistan. A significant number of Mallaah are also found in Nepal and Bangladesh. In the Indian state of Bihar ...

" (

Kewat The Kewat, also spelled Kevat, is a Hindu caste, found in the states of Assam, Bihar, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal in India. They are the traditional boatmen of northern India, and also in neighbouring country Nepal. Origin The na ...

) in the interiors of

Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh ( ; UP) is a States and union territories of India, state in North India, northern India. With over 241 million inhabitants, it is the List of states and union territories of India by population, most populated state in In ...

, 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

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

Cast

- Bhola Kevat *

- Kajri *Arshad Khan- Lochan Singh Yadav *Ashish Kotwal- Hari Om Tripathi *Gauri Shankar- Police Inspector Puttu Tiwari *Virendra Singh- Virendra Singh

Soundtrack

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

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". According to

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, ''Bandook'' fails completely at boxoffice and termed as disaster.

References

External links

* {{Portal, India, Film, Bollywood 2013 films Indian crime thriller films Films set in Uttar Pradesh 2010s Hindi-language films 2013 directorial debut films 2013 crime thriller films Hindi-language crime films 2010s Indian films