The Bypass

This article is about the 2003 film. For similarly named topics, see bypass (disambiguation).

The Bypass is a 2003 Indian-British short silent crime film written and directed by Amit Kumar starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Irfan Khan and Sundar Dan Detha. The Bypass was filmed on a stranded road somewhere in Rajasthan, India.^[1] The film was shown at the Edinburgh International Film Festival and Aubagne Film Festival.^[2][3]

The Bypass
Screenshot from the film
Directed by	Amit Kumar
Written by	Amit Kumar
Produced by	Asif Kapadia Trevor Ingman
Starring	Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Sundar Dan Detha, Irrfan Khan
Cinematography	Rajeev Ravi
Music by	Dario Marianelli
Production companies	FilmFour UK Film Council
Release date	August 2003 (2003-08) (Edinburgh) [citation needed]
Running time	17 minutes
Countries	India United Kingdom
Language	Silent

Plot

The film is about two friends who stay by the stranded road "Bypass" and a corrupt police officer. The two friends frequently mug and ultimately kill the people who travel by the road. Amit Kumar starts the film by showing a couple traveling by the road, and then Nawazuddin Siddiqui stops the car by throwing a rock. The two friends then steal money and graphically kill the pair. Irrfan Khan's role as a corrupt police officer is established when he takes a watch by cutting the wrist of a dead man, then rapes a lady and tries to kill the two muggers for the money they had. However, the dumb mugger attacks the police officer and kills him. The woman is let gone off. What happens next is a suspense itself. ^[4] The director represents the thrill of "Bypass" through violence and aggression.

Cast

• Nawazuddin Siddiqui - 1st Mugger
• Sundar Dan Detha - 2nd Mugger
• Irrfan Khan - Corrupt Policeman
• Manorama Goswami - Kidnapped Girl
• Kasturi Kasturi - Woman in the Jeep
• Karuna Pandey - Woman in Car
• Ashwin Chaddha- Man in Car
• Kalyan Singh- Jeep Driver