''Bandook'' () is a

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Bollywood crime film starring

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and Arshad Khan. The film was directed and produced by Aditya Om and Mohammed M. K. Sheikh.

Synopsis

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

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" (

Kewat The Kewat, also spelled Kevat, is a Hindu caste, found in the states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh in India. They are the traditional boatmen of northern India.People of India Uttar Pradesh Volume ...

) in the interiors of

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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.

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 films Films set in Uttar Pradesh 2010s Hindi-language films 2013 directorial debut films 2013 crime films Hindi-language crime films