Bandook

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]

Bandook
Movie official poster
Directed by	Aditya Om
Written by	Aditya Om
Produced by	Aditya Om
Starring	Aditya Om Manisha Kelkar Arshad Khan
Cinematography	P. Amar Kumar Siddharth Kay Devashish Sarkaar
Edited by	Nilesh Gavand
Music by	Nikhil Kamath Lavan Veeral
Production companies	Modern Cinema PunchTantra Motion Pictures
Release date	18 January 2013 (2013-01-18)
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Synopsis

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

Producer, director Aditya Om revealed he has been working on the script from two years as film is based on political Dons.^[2]

Cast

• 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

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

#	Title	Singer(s)
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

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]