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Wikipedia article
'Bandhak' is a South Asian American film directed by Hyder Bilgrami and produced by Ramzan Lakhani. It explores the theme of racism against South Asians in the United States in the aftermath of the September 11th attacks through the story of Baldev Singh, an Indian immigrant in New York City who, facing harassment in his workplace, takes his boss hostage with a toy gun.
Critical response
'Bandhak' received media coverage in both the United States and India; it was first screened at a California film festival on September 11, 2004, and was brought to India by the Indo-American Art Council. A press release from the distributor Digimax Studio describes it as the first Hindi film in the United States. One New Jersey film critic likened it to a South Asian version of 'Do The Right Thing'. Producer Ramzan Lakhani described his motivation behind the film in an interview with a local New Jersey newspaper, stating that while second generation South Asian youth were producing many films in the United States, he hoped to target the immigrant first generation, and hence tried to tailor the film to Indian sensibilities, including Bollywood-style dance numbers and the use of Hindi.
Credits
Cast
* Farokh Daruwala* Murtuza Sabir
* Daman Arora
* Manoj Shinde
* Meenu Mangal
* Ramzan Lakhani
Director
* Hyder BilgramiProducer
* Ramzan LakhaniMusic
* Shyam-Das* Nicholas Noor
See also
*List of cultural references to the September 11 attacks
References
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