Bandish Bandits (2020)

Original title

बंदिश बैंडिट्स

Directed by

Anand Tiwari

Genre

drama

Country

India

Length

2 seasons, 18 episodes

Rated

TV-14

Rating

7.6 of 10 from 23 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A classical musician and a pop singer from different backgrounds clash and then connect over their love of music. They must navigate their opposing worlds and personal ambitions.

romanticdramaticupbeatemotionalcontrastingmelodicheartfeltenergetic

What happens

Bandish Bandits is an Indian musical romantic drama television series on Amazon Prime Video created by Amritpal Singh Bindra and Anand Tiwari, produced by Still & Still Moving Pictures and directed by Anand Tiwari. The script was written by Bindra, Tiwari and Lara Chandni. The series features debutants Ritwik Bhowmik as Radhe Rathod, a Hindustani Classical musician and Shreya Chaudhry as Tamanna Sharma, a pop singer, who hail from different worlds of music. Exploring the debate of music being a discipline versus a means of liberation. The series also features Naseeruddin Shah, Sheeba Chaddha and Atul Kulkarni. The series was officially announced in February 2019, and principal photography took place across Jodhpur and Bikaner in Rajasthan. The first season's soundtrack album and background score is composed by Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy, in their debut for scoring music for a streaming series, and the soundtrack album received positive reviews from critics. Bandish Bandits released on 4 August 2020, through Amazon Prime Video. The series received a positive response from critics and audiences, praising the performances of the cast, writing and direction, songs and background score. It was listed by critics as one of the best Indian television shows of 2020. The series was nominated for seven Filmfare OTT Awards, including Best Supporting Actor for Shah, Best Supporting Actress for Chaddha and Best Original Story and Best Screenplay. In September 2020, it was officially renewed for a second season. On 23 December 2022 Amazon Prime Video tweeted that the production of second season has begun. On May 19, 2023, Ritwik Bhowmik posted on his Instagram story (where he tagged Anand Tiwari) that they were in the "last few days" of production. Since then, Ritwik Bhowmik has posted on his Instagram story that Season 2 is "imminent." On 8 November 2024, Amazon Prime Video launched a recap video of the first season, and announced that the second season would be released soon. The second season released on 13 December 2024. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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