Bandhak

Bandhak is a South Asian American film directed by Hyder Bilgrami and produced by Ramzan Lakhani. It explores the theme of racism against South Asians in the United States in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks in 2001 through the story of Baldev Singh, an Indian immigrant in New York City who, facing harassment in his workplace, takes his boss hostage with a toy gun.[1]

Bandhak
Directed byHyder Bilgrami
Produced byRamzan Lakhani
StarringFarokh Daruwala
Aasha Patel
Music byShyam-Das
Nicholas Noor
Distributed byDigimax Studio
Release date
  • 2003 (2003)
CountryUnited States
LanguageHindi

Critical response

Bandhak received media coverage in both the United States and India; it was first screened at a California film festival on September 11, 2004, and was brought to India by the Indo-American Art Council.[2] A press release from the distributor Digimax Studio describes it as the first Hindi film in the United States.[3] One New Jersey film critic likened it to a South Asian version of Do The Right Thing. Producer Ramzan Lakhani described his motivation behind the film in an interview with a local New Jersey newspaper, stating that while second generation South Asian youth were producing many films in the United States, he hoped to target the immigrant first generation, and hence tried to tailor the film to Indian sensibilities, including Bollywood-style dance numbers and the use of Hindi.[4]

Credits

Cast
  • Farokh Daruwala
  • Murtuza Sabir
  • Daman Arora
  • Manoj Shinde
  • Meenu Mangal
  • Ramzan Lakhani

Director

Producer
  • Ramzan Lakhani

Music
  • Shyam-Das
  • Nicholas Noor

See also

References
  1. Fernandes, Venetia (20 November 2004). "Tale of injustice". Yahoo! India. Retrieved 10 January 2007.
  2. Datta, Jyotirmoy (10 November 2004). "Now a 9/11 film, B'wood ishtyle". Times of India. Retrieved 10 January 2007.
  3. "Digimax Studio launches Bandhak (the hostage), the first Hindi film in US" (Press release). Digimax Studio. 23 December 2003. Archived from the original on 22 September 2006. Retrieved 10 January 2007.
  4. Jordan, Chris (9 September 2005). "Hindi film explores post-9/11 immigrant backlash". Home News Tribune. Retrieved 21 January 2007.


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