Cinema Bandi

Cinema Bandi
Release poster
Directed byPraveen Kandregula
Written byVasanth Maringanti
Screenplay byKrishna Prathyusha
Vasanth Maringanti
Praveen Kandregula
Produced byRaj & DK
StarringVikas Vasishta
Sandeep Varanasi
Rag Mayur
CinematographyApoorva Anil Shaligram
Sagar Y. V. V.
Edited byDharmendra Kakarala
Ravi Teja Girijala
Music bySatyavolu Sirish
Varun Reddy
Production
company
D2R Indie
Distributed byNetflix
Release date
  • 14 May 2021 (2021-05-14)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Cinema Bandi (transl. Cinema Van) is a 2021 Indian Telugu-language Neo-noir dramedy film directed by debutant Praveen Kandregula. Produced by Raj & DK the film features several debutant actors. Set in a village near the Andhra–Karnataka border, the plot revolves around a group of young filmmakers try to make a film through a camera they found.[1] The film premiered on Netflix on 14 May 2021.[2] Cinema Bandi is featured in the Indian Panorama section at the 53rd IFFI where it won the Jury Special Mention.[3][4] The film is inspired from an Indian documentary "Supermen of Malegaon" (2012) where the basic premise is directly taken from the documentary and also certain scenes like bullock cart using as a jimmy and the climax scene of showcasing the film to the village people were included in the film.

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  3. ^ "53RD IFFI 2022 official". Archived from the original on 22 October 2022. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  4. ^ "IFFI 2022 winners list: I Have Electric Dreams wins big". 28 November 2022. Archived from the original on 7 March 2023. Retrieved 11 July 2023.