Bangistan
| Bangistan | |
|---|---|
 First Look | |
| Directed by | Karan Anshuman |
| Produced by |
Ritesh Sidhwani Farhan Akhtar |
| Screenplay by |
Puneet Krishna Sumit Purohit Karan Anshuman |
| Starring |
Riteish Deshmukh Pulkit Samrat Jacqueline Fernandez Arya Babbar Tomasz Karolak Chandan Roy Sanyal |
| Music by | Ram Sampath |
| Cinematography | Szymon Lenkowski |
Production company | |
Release dates |
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Running time | 135 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹26 crore (US$3.9 million) |
| Box office | ₹5.46 crore (US$810,000)[1] |
Bangistan is a 2015 Bollywood comedy satire film directed by Karan Anshuman and produced by Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani starring Riteish Deshmukh, Pulkit Samrat and Chandan Roy Sanyal in lead roles.[2] Jacqueline Fernandez appeared in a cameo. The film was scheduled to release on 31 July 2015 but got delayed to 7 August 2015 (31 July 2015 in the USA).[3][4] The Trailer of the movie was released on 11 June. The film released on 7 August to mixed reviews from critics. Mike McCahill gave it three stars [5] in The Guardian. Bangistan was released on 700 screens in India.[6]
The film's satellite rights were sold to Zee TV along with the satellite rights of Dil Dhadakne Do.
Plot
The story revolves around Hafeez Bin Ali (Ritesh Deshmukh) and Praveen Chaturvedi (Pulkit Samrat) both from Bangistan but different nations. Hafeez is number one in his clan for having a big beard and works underground in a restaurant called Fcdonalds. Praveen is a man who shows a lot of respect to his god Guruji and attacks anyone who insults his beloved god. However, both their bosses (both played by Kumud Mishra) encourage them to go to Poland for a mission and hosting the worlds best bombers so the 2 terrorists go. Both Praveen and Hafeez meet in the airport and decide to change their names to Allah Rakha Khan and Ishwarchand Sharma but both get arrested. Although still arrested, they still go to Poland to become bomb experts. The 2 go to local bomb experts as both Allah Rakha and Ishwar go to a Chinese restaurant owner and a potato farmer where Allah Rakha learns that the Chinese restaurant owner speaks Urdu and gives him specific bombs. Ishwarchand goes to the potato farmer Mr. Babinski who is actually a master spy and saboteur and offers him a lot of bombs but Ishwarchand recommends for a cheaper bomb. The 2 of them later fall in love with Rosie (Jacqueline Fernandez) then a love triangle between the 3 begins to spark up.when Rosie s parents anniversary happens they both ask her religion to which she repliesthat she doesnt follow any religion as all religions propogate the same thing.Hafeez and Praveen become best friends and while drinking liquor both reveal their original identities. They get embroiled in a fight in which a bomb explodes which Praveen was making it. They get injured in a hospital and get labelled as 'Terrorists'.The North Bangistanis plan and train another suicide bomber Zulfi (Arya Babbar) to create terror since Hafeez's name is out.Hafeez realises that his boss wants to just spread terror in the name of religion and explains Praveen the same but Praveen acts in front of Hafeez that he is with his side but actually he wants the explosion to happen.When both reach the conference he finds Praveen activating the bomb in a washroom and then they get in a fight in which Praveen realises his mistake. At last they both expose the nature of their bosses and people misguided in the name of religion. But the bomb which was placed by Zulfi explodes leaving Hafeez and Praveen injured and then they are regarded as heroes.
Cast
- Ritesh Deshmukh as Hafeez Bin Ali/Ishwarchand Sharma
- Pulkit Samrat as Praveen Chaturvedi/Allah Rakha Khan
- Jacqueline Fernandez as Rosie
- Kumud Mishra as Guru/Abba
- Chandan Roy Sanyal as Tamim Iqbal
- Arya Babbar as Zulfi
- Tomasz Karolak as Peter Jackson
- Tom Alter as the Imam
Soundtrack
The soundtrack of the album is composed by Ram Sampath, and lyrics written by Puneet Krishna.The Soundtrack Album of this film was released on July 11, 2015.
| No. | Title | Singers | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Ishq Karenge" | Sona Mohapatra, Abhishek Nailwal & Shadab Faridi | 04:26 |
| 2. | "Hogi Kranti" | Ram Sampath & Abhishek Nailwal | 03:08 |
| 3. | "Saturday Night" | Aditi Singh Sharma, Benny Dayal, Neeraj Shridhar and Janusz Krucinski | 03:40 |
| 4. | "Maula" | Ram Sampath & Rituraj Mohanty | 04:45 |
| 5. | "Meri Zidd" | Ram Sampath & Siddharth Basrur | 03:24 |
| 6. | "Is Duniya Se Ladna Hai" | Suraj Jagan & Abhishek Nailwal | 02:39 |
| 7. | "Ishq Karenge (EDM Version)" | Sona Mohapatra, Abhishek Nailwal & Shadab Faridi | 04:12 |
Total length: |
18:20 | ||
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Reception
The performance of the film at box-office was very poor, collecting only Rs. 5.46 cr.[1]
References
- 1 2 "Weekly Collections – Box Office - India : India's premier film trade magazine". Archived from the original on 30 November 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
- ↑ "Bangistan Movie Review: Is BANGISTAN a comedy?". Glamsham. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
- ↑ "'Bangistan' teaser poster out! - Entertainment". Mid-day.com. Retrieved 2015-11-12.
- ↑ Patrick Frater (2014-04-22). "Bollywood's 'Bangistan' to Shoot in Poland". Variety. Retrieved 2015-11-12.
- ↑ The Guardian Bangistan review
- ↑ "Mission Impossible And Bangistan First Day Business". Boxofficeindia.com. Retrieved 2015-11-12.
External links
- Bangistan at the Internet Movie Database