Via this carefully managed device (an analogue to Bajrangi Bhaijaan’s torn-down fences) Anshuman can further propagate his own message: that closer viewing banishes those misconceptions by which some would divide us. A sexy bar girl in the shape of Fernandez declares that she has no religion. The one bright spark is Riteish Deshmukh, who manages to be funny, sincere and, eventually, even somewhat touching. Explained: Why is RJD veteran Shivanand Tiwari silent? Cast: Riteish Deshmukh, Pulkit Samrat, Kumud Mihsra, Jacquline Fernandez, Chandan Roy Sanyal Chennai, Debutant director Karan Anshuman, who also co-wrote the story, goes for determinedly low-IQ humour, which would be fine if the jokes actually hit the mark.
Buried somewhere deep in the 135 minutes of Bangistan is a smart satire on religion.
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Shubhra GuptaShubhra Gupta is film critic and senior columnist with the Indian Expr... read more, Copyright © 2020 The Indian Express [P] Ltd. All Rights Reserved, Bangistan review: Riteish Deshmukh is a bit too grim, Pulkit Samrat a tad too chirpy, Chirag energetic leader, puts forth issues with commitment: Tejasvi Surya, Editorial: Bihar polls outcome will have a bearing far beyond the state, Campaigning for Round 1 ends; Tejashwi sets pace with 13 rallies on last day, Bihar elections — Baruraj: ‘Aadmi aasha ki taraf hee naa jayega?’, Quixplained: Alliances to vote banks, all your questions on the Bihar polls answered, Madan Mohan Jha interview: ‘Article 370 not an issue in Bihar…Modiji tries to divert attention'. Yet the premise depends upon the leads becoming interchangeable, and soon enough they’ve become that comic standby, two guys walking into a bar: neither sure whether, as Muslim-passing-for-Hindu and Hindu-passing-for-Muslim, they should drink, both realising they may be more alike than first taught. Director: Karan Anshuman, The Indian Express is now on Telegram. Jaipur, The only way the idea can be incorporated in the movies these days is to either spoof it up, or to embed it in a satire. It should have translated into a film to remember, but, unfortunately, it doesn't.
Or when the enlightened Muslim and Hindu leaders chat on Skype and the more tech-savvy Hindu one advises his Muslim counterpart to switch to Twitter so they can DM each other. Delhi, Mumbai, This is not breaking stereotypes ; this is re-inforcement, and heavier than the let’s-all-be-friends-Geeta-ho-ya-Koran’ sequences. The eponymous backwater divides up along recognisable real-world lines – rocky North Bangistan is a Muslim stronghold, the more prosperous south home to Hindus – while permitting no comparable separation of church and state: each faction is tied to political parties for whom stirring up religious tensions (and fears their land will be overrun) has become expedient. Praise be, then, that critic-turned-director Karan Anshuman approaches his task with smarts and sensitivity.
Copyright © HT Media Limited All rights reserved. It’s the right kind of silly, but sadly there isn’t enough of it. Anshuman knows he’s handling incendiary material; equally, he grasps that fundamentalist freedom fighters appear to be fighting fundamental freedoms, not least our right to sing, dance and laugh. Two wannabe terrorists have a change of heart after pretending to be the enemy — Hafeez Bin Ali (played by Riteish Deshmukh) becomes Ishwarchand Sharma, and Praveen Chaturvedi (played by Pulkit Samrat) becomes Allah Rakha Khan. Samrat is a tad too chirpy, and Deshmukh, who is usually capable of lifting anything he’s in, a bit too grim : a comedy needs more substance and consistency, especially something underpinned on a message that needs to be spread far and wide in these divisive times. Anshuman’s doodling means there’s almost always something to chuckle at: Praveen’s beardy welcoming committee, with their “Keep Calm, I’m Not a Terrorist” T-shirts, the Polish potato farm that conceals a terrorist home shopping network, the North Bangistan branch of “FcDonald’s” [sic], with its figurehead stationed forlornly out front in Muslim clownface.
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