Bangistan

'Bangistan', 2015

Two blundering terrorists with lofty ideologies, but ordinary talent, on a mission to change the world.

Two blundering terrorists with lofty ideologies, but ordinary talent, on a mission to change the world.

Director

Karan Anshuman

Runtime

135 minutes

Type

Feature

Genre

Comedy, Drama

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Bangistan

Karan Anshuman, 2015

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Aspect ratio

2.35 : 1

Color

Color

Awards

The Ghanta Awards

Nominated

2016

Worst Actor

Razzie Award

Winner(s): Riteish Deshmukh

Storyline

Two blundering terrorists with lofty ideologies, but ordinary talent, on a mission to change the world.

Bangistan is a whip smart and uproarious satire on fundamentalism and the story of two unlikely terrorists, the antitheses of each other, with a common destructive goal. Concerned by the unrest in the name of religion, Subcontinental leaders of Muslims and Hindus, the Imam and the Shankaracharya, announce that they're attending the International Peace Conference in Krakow in a joint effort to help unite the two religions in perpetual harmony. Rival rabble-rousing ragtag organizations, the Islamist Al-Kaam Tamam and right-wing political party Maa Ka Dal separately recruit and brainwash Hafeez and Praveen to suicide bomb the conference so that they may continue to wield their local influence. After a rigorous, and hilarious, 'training' period the two men switch their religious identities to stay under the radar. Hafeez, the jihadi, masquerades as a conservative Hindu, Ishwarchand; while Praveen, the Hindu soldier, dons the garb of a practicing Muslim, Allahrakha. Focused on the mission,...

Summary

Two blundering terrorists with lofty ideologies, but ordinary talent, on a mission to change the world.

Synopsis

Bangistan is a whip smart and uproarious satire on fundamentalism and the story of two unlikely terrorists, the antitheses of each other, with a common destructive goal. Concerned by the unrest in the name of religion, Subcontinental leaders of Muslims and Hindus, the Imam and the Shankaracharya, announce that they're attending the International Peace Conference in Krakow in a joint effort to help unite the two religions in perpetual harmony. Rival rabble-rousing ragtag organizations, the Islamist Al-Kaam Tamam and right-wing political party Maa Ka Dal separately recruit and brainwash Hafeez and Praveen to suicide bomb the conference so that they may continue to wield their local influence. After a rigorous, and hilarious, 'training' period the two men switch their religious identities to stay under the radar. Hafeez, the jihadi, masquerades as a conservative Hindu, Ishwarchand; while Praveen, the Hindu soldier, dons the garb of a practicing Muslim, Allahrakha. Focused on the mission,...

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Cast & crew

Cast

Riteish Deshmukh

Actor

Jacqueline Fernandez

Actress

Michalina Olszanska

Actress

Crew

Director

Puneet Krishna

Screenwriter

Sumit Purohit

Screenwriter

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