Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai (2023)
- Original title
- सिर्फ एक बंदा काफ़ी है
- Directed by
- Apoorv Singh Karki
- Genre
- drama
- Country
- India
- Runtime
- 2h 07m
- Rated
- U/A 16+
- Rating
- 7.3 of 10 from 36 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A small-town lawyer fights a long legal battle to bring a powerful religious figure to justice for sexually assaulting a teenage girl. The story follows his five-year struggle in the courtroom.
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What happens
Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai (transl. Just One Common Man is Enough), or simply Bandaa (transl. Common Man), is a 2023 Indian Hindi-language legal drama film directed by Apoorv Singh Karki and co-produced by Zee Studios and Bhanushali Studios. The film stars Manoj Bajpayee, Adrija Sinha, and Surya Mohan Kulshrestha. It is inspired by a five-year long fight by a sessions court lawyer Adv. P. C. Solanki. The plot is based on the trial of Asaram for the rape of a 16-year-old girl from Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh, on 15 August 2013. The film was released on 23 May 2023 through the streaming platform ZEE5, and had a limited theatrical release on 2 June 2023. It received positive reviews from critics. The film featured in the 54th International Film Festival of India's Panorama Mainstream Section. At the 2023 Filmfare OTT Awards, Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai received 7 nominations and won 5 awards, including Best Web Original Film, Best Director in a Web Original Film (Karki) and Best Actor in a Web Original Film (Bajpayee). At the 71st National Film Awards, the film won Best Dialogue. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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