Let me express at the very outset that I have known Karan Anshuman for some time now. I have followed his reviews and have often enjoyed reading his take on films. Needless to say I have found him pretty sensible and knowledgeable. Probably hence, I expected him to make a good film.
My disappointment would be hard to understand till you watch Bangistan. But that's precisely something I might not recommend you to do. It is going to be a hard one, you see, providing a perspective on this one!
DVD Features:Dolby Digital 5.1,Anamorphic WideScreen,NTSC All Regions, English Subtitles
Cast: Ritesh Deshmukh, Pulkit Samrat, Jacqueline Fernandez, Chandan Roy Sanyal, AkashPandey, Aarya Babbar, Kumud Mishra, Shiv Subramanyam
Director: Karan Anshuman
Producer: Farhan Akhtar, Ritesh Sidhwani
Production Co: Excel Entertainment, Junglee Pictures
Music Director: Ram Sampath
To start with Karan seems to have drawn inspiration from another debut directorial venture - a film called 4 Lions made by British filmmaker Chis Morris. With a premise of 'terrorism comedy', Bangistan is a satire. It actually starts off on a very promising idea: the Hindu-Muslim divide. And to convert that into an entertaining fare is never easy. Especially, when your idea is to induce questions.
So we have two protagonists Hafiz (Riteish) and Praveen (Pulkit) - both religious radicals on a mission. Hafiz is an ex-call center employee who transforms into a rebellious Hindu, and Praveen is a 'bhakt' who transforms into an Islamic fundamentalist. And they both head to Poland to wreck havoc at a peace summit that the respective heads of their states will attend. Havoc these two fools do create; just not the type their leaders expected them to.
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