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Bandish Bandits 2020
Bandish Bandits is an Indian musical romantic drama series airing on Amazon Prime Video, created by Amritpal Singh Bindra and Anand Tiwari, produced by Still & Still Moving Pictures and directed by Anand Tiwari. The writing was done by Bindra, Tiwari and Lara Chandni. The show stars debutants Ritwik Bhowmik as Radhe Rathod, a Hindustani Classical musician, and Shreya Chaudhry as Tamanna Sharma, a pop singer, who come from contrasting musical backgrounds. It delves into the conflict between music as an art form and music as a path to freedom. Additional cast members include Naseeruddin Shah, Sheeba Chaddha and Atul Kulkarni.
The show was officially introduced in February 2019, with principal filming happening in Jodhpur and Bikaner, Rajasthan. The first season's soundtrack and background score were composed by Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy, marking their first collaboration on a streaming platform, and the album garnered favorable reviews from critics.
Bandish Bandits premiered on 4 August 2020 via Amazon Prime Video. It was well received by both critics and viewers, who commended the acting, writing, direction, songs and score. Critics named it one of the top Indian TV series of 2020. The show earned seven Filmfare OTT Award nominations, including Best Supporting Actor for Shah, Best Supporting Actress for Chaddha, and awards for Best Original Story and Best Screenplay. In September 2020, it was confirmed that a second season would be produced. On 23 December 2022, Amazon Prime Video announced via Twitter that the second season had started production. On May 19, 2023, Ritwik Bhowmik shared on Instagram (tagging Anand Tiwari) that they were in the final phase of filming. Since then, Ritwik Bhowmik has posted on Instagram that Season 2 is about to be released.
On 8 November 2024, Amazon Prime Video unveiled a first-season recap video and indicated that the second season would soon follow. The second season was launched on 13 December 2024.
Cast
- Ritwik BhowmikRadhe Rathod aka Radhemohan Rathod Jr.
- Shreya ChaudhryTamanna Sharma
- Naseeruddin ShahPandit Radhemohan Rathod
- Atul KulkarniDigvijay Rathod
- Sheeba ChaddhaMohini Rathod
- Rajesh TailangRajendra Rathod
- Amit MistryDevendra Rathod
- Kunaal Roy KapurArghya
- Rahul KumarKabir
- Rituraj SinghHarshvardhan Sharma
- Meghna MalikAvantika Sachdeva Sharma
- Tridha ChoudhurySandhya Shekhawat
- Harssh A. SinghSuryasen Shekhawat
- Bandish BanditsRajaji
- Saurabh NayyarDevendra Rathod
- Divya DuttaNandini Singh
- Rohan GurbaxaniAyaan
- Yashaswini DayamaSoumya
- Paresh PahujaMahi
- Suyash TilakKailash Mandrekar
- Aaliyah QureishiAnanya "Jhalli"
- Karan Chitra DeshmukhKCD
- Anish BhagatKingshuk
- Arjun RampalImroz Dehalvi
- Chavi Sodhanifemale judge of Indian Band Competition
Crew
- Director
- Anand Tiwari
- Creator
- Amritpal Singh Bindra, Anand Tiwari
- Screenplay
- Amritpal Singh Bindra
- Story
- Amritpal Singh Bindra, Lara Chandni, Anand Tiwari
- Executive producer
- Pranati Nagarsheth
- Cinematography
- Sriram Ganapathy
- Music
- Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy, Akashdeep Sengupta (Season 2)
Details
- Production
- Still and Still Moving Pictures
- Network
- Amazon Prime Video