Poster of the film Bandaa Singh Chaudhary

Bandaa Singh Chaudhary

Action Thriller Hindi


An upcoming film starring Arshad Warsi.

Cast:Arshad Warsi, Meher Vij, Baby Kiara Khanna, Shataf Figar, Arvind Kumar, Alisha Chopra
Director:Abhishek Saxena
Writer:Abhishek Saxena, Shaheen Iqbal
Editor:Sanjay Sankla
Camera:Simarjit Suman

Guild Reviews

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हर ’बंदा’ सिनेमा का ‘चौधरी’ नहीं होता

FCG Member Reviewer Deepak Dua
Deepak Dua | Independent Film Journalist & Critic
Mon, November 4 2024

अस्सी के दशक के पंजाब के बारे में मुमकिन है नई पीढ़ी के लोग खुल कर न जानते हों। उन्हें यह न पता हो कि सांझे चूल्हों और साझी विरासत वाली पंजाब की धरती पर उन दिनों फसलों की हरियाली से ज़्यादा बेकसूरों के खून की लाली दिखती थी। कुछ लोग थे जो परायों के बहकावे में आकर अपनों को ही मार रहे थे। जहां एक तरफ हिन्दुओं को चुन-चुन कर मारा जा रहा था और उन्हें पंजाब छोड़ने पर मजबूर किया जा रहता वहीं दूसरी तरफ सिक्ख भी पूरी तरह से सुरक्षित नहीं थे। लेकिन उस माहौल में बंदा सिंह चौधरी जैसे कुछ लोग थे जिन्होंने पलायन करने, डरने या मरने की बजाय मुकाबला करने का रास्ता चुना था। यह फिल्म ’बंदा सिंह चौधरी’ उस एक बंदे के बहाने से ऐसे लोगों के जुझारूपन की कहानी दिखाती है।

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Arshad Warsi film fails to do justice to its subject, actors

FCG Member Reviewer Shubhra Gupta
Shubhra Gupta | The Indian Express
Fri, October 25 2024

Arshad Warsi is such a pleasing performer that he manages to lift even the worst things he is in. Playing a central character usually gives a good actor something to do. Not here.

Based on a real-life character of the same name, Bandaa Singh Chaudhary tells the tale of a man who stood his ground and fought against tremendous odds during the 1980s in Punjab, when militancy was rising rapidly, propelling a clutch of separatist movements. With Arshad Warsi playing the eponymous Banda, and Meher Vij as his spirited wife Lalli, this film had the potential to deliver a strong character study set during one of the most turbulent periods of recent Indian history. But nothing does the subject any justice, neither the story-telling nor the performances.

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