Bastar: The Naxal Story

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Baster: The Naxal Story
Bastar-The Naxal Story film poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Sudipto Sen
Written byAmarnath Jha
Sudipto Sen
Vipul Amrutlal Shah
Story bySudipto Sen
Amarnath Jha
Produced by Vipul Amrutlal Shah
Starring
CinematographyRagul Dharuman
Edited byDev Rao Jadhav
Music byBishakh Jyoti
Production
company
Sunshine Pictures
Release date
  • 15 March 2024 (2024-03-15)
Running time
124 minutes [1]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹15 crore [2]
Box office₹1.79–3 crore [3] [4]

Bastar: The Naxal Story is a 2024 Indian Hindi-language political thriller film directed by Sudipto Sen and produced by Vipul Amrutlal Shah. [5] It stars Adah Sharma, Indira Tiwari, Vijay Krishna, Shilpa Shukla, Yashpal Sharma, Subrat Dutta and Raima Sen. [6]

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The film was announced in June 2023, along with the title of the film, it's based on the Naxalite–Maoist insurgency in the Bastar district of Chhattisgarh and the April 2010 Maoist attack in Dantewada. [7] Bastar was theatrically released on 15 March 2024. [8] The film received negative reviews from critics and was a major box office bomb. [9]

Cast

Production

Development

The film was produced by Vipul Amrutlal Shah and directed by Sudipto Sen, who is also the story writer of the film. In June 2023, Sunshine Pictures, the production company of the film, via social media, announced their next film titled Bastar. [11]

Filming

The principal photography commenced on 19 October 2023, with a muhurat puja and completed the first schedule of shooting. [12] [13]

Release

Theatrical

Bastar was theatrically released on 15 March 2024. [14] The film was not properly released and got only a screen or two at the theatres. [15]

Home Video

The digital streaming rights of Bastar was bought by ZEE5. The film started streaming on 17 May 2024. [16]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 43% of 7 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 4.3/10. [17]

Abhishek Srivastava of The Times of India rated 3/5 and wrote "Bastar is a hard-hitting crime drama, with moments that surely shake you." [18] Deepa Gahlot of Rediff.com gave 2/5 stars and wrote "The Naxal movement has such a complex history that several books have been written to understand it. Bastar: The Naxal Story seeks to reduce it to bullet points and stereotypes." [19]

Rohit Bhatnagar of The Free Press Journal gave 2/5 stars and wrote "Bastar: The Naxal Story is a sloppy docudrama that is away from thrill, adventure and drama". [20] Zinia Bandyopadhyay of India Today gave 1/5 stars and wrote that Bastar is "Sensational, oversimplified film with no nuance". [21]

Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express rated 0.5/5 stars and wrote "To expect any kind of nuance from the makers of The Kerala Story would have been a stretch. Bastar is more of the same." [22] Samvartha Sahil of Deccan Herald rated 0.5/5 stars and wrote "Sudipto Sen’s new feature film Bastar: The Naxal Story lacks not just an understanding of a complex political situation, and its larger socio-economic undercurrents, but also of constructing a compelling narrative." [23]

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