| Bandish Bandits | |
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| Genre | Romance Drama Musical |
| Created by |
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| Screenplay by | Amritpal Singh Bindra |
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| Directed by | Anand Tiwari |
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| Music by | Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy[1] |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Hindi |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 10 (list of episodes) Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox television with "list_episodes" parameter using self-link. See Infobox instructions and MOS:INFOBOXPURPOSE. |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Pranati Nagarsheth |
| Cinematography | Sriram Ganapathy |
| Editor | Ajay Sharma |
| Running time | 33-50 mins |
| Production companies | Still and Still Moving Pictures |
| Original release | |
| Network | Amazon Prime Video |
| Release | 4 August 2020 – present |
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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.[2][3] 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 Chaudhary 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 film'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.[4]
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.[5] It was listed by critics as one of the best Indian television shows of 2020.[6] 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.[7][8] In September 2020, it was officially renewed for a second season.[9] On 23 December 2022 Amazon Prime Video tweeted that the production of second season has begun.[10] 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 season 1 recap video, and announced that season 2 is coming on 13 December 2024.[11]
- ^ "Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy to make digital debut with 'Bandish Bandits', a musical romance". The Hindu. 13 July 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- ^ "Amazon Prime announces new Indian original series Bandish Bandits, featuring soundtrack by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy". Hindustan Times. 13 July 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- ^ Rawat, Kshitij (13 July 2020). "Amazon Prime Video series Bandish Bandits to stream from August 4". The Indian Express. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- ^ Ghosh, Devarsi (28 December 2020). "2020 yearender: More originals and fewer remixes in films and web series". Scroll.in. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
- ^ Hooli, Shekhar H. (4 August 2020). "Bandish Bandits review and rating: This is how viewers react to Ritwik-Shreya web series". www.ibtimes.co.in. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
- ^ "Pushpavalli season 2, Aarya, Bandish Bandits, Asur, Paatal Lok: 20 best Indian streaming shows of 2020". Firstpost. 29 December 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
- ^ "My Glamm Filmfare OTT Awards 2021 - Nominations". FilmFare. 2 December 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
- ^ "Scam 1992 leads nominations for Filmfare OTT Awards 2021". The Indian Express. 2 December 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
- ^ "Amazon Prime Video series 'Bandish Bandits' creators 'intend' to make season two". The New Indian Express. 14 September 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
- ^ "Amazon Prime Video India tweets about the production of second season". Twitter prime video IN.
- ^ Prime Video India (7 November 2024). Bandish Bandits Season 1 - Recap | Ritwik Bhowmik, Shreya Chaudhry | Prime Video India. Retrieved 8 November 2024 – via YouTube.