Darbaan

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Darbaan
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Release poster
Directed byBipin Nadkarni
Written byBipin Nadkarni
Rakesh Jadhav
Based onShort story by Rabindra Nath Tagore
Produced byBipin Nadkarni
Yogesh Beldar
Starring Sharib Hashmi
Sharad Kelkar
Rasika Dugal
Flora Saini
Narrated by Annu Kapoor
CinematographyAmalendu Chaudhary
Edited by Jayant Jathar
Vandita Chakradeo
Music bySongs:
Amartya Bobo Rahut
Raajeev V. Bhalla
Score:
Rohhan Patel
Production
company
Opticus Picture Company
Distributed by ZEE5
Release date
  • 4 December 2020 (2020-12-04)
Running time
145 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Darbaan (Guard) is a 2020 Indian Hindi drama film directed and produced by Bipin Nadkarni under the banner of Opticus Picture Company with Yogesh Beldar as co-producer. This marks the debut of the director in Bollywood cinema. [1] The film stars Sharib Hashmi, Sharad Kelkar, Rasika Dugal and Flora Saini. [2]

Contents

The film was to be theatrically released on 3 April 2020, but postponed later due to COVID. [3] It premiered on ZEE5 on 4 December 2020. [4]

Premise

Darbaan is an adaption of a 1918 short story Khokababur Pratyabartan written by Nobel Prize winner Rabindra Nath Tagore. The screenplay is about the friendship between a boy and his caretaker who come from different steps on the social and economic ladder. [5]

Cast

Soundtrack

Darbaan
Soundtrack album by
Amartya Bobo Rahut and Raajeev V. Bhalla
Released23 November 2020 [6]
Recorded2019
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length14:08
LanguageHindi
Label Zee Music Company
Official audio
Darbaan - Full Album on YouTube

The soundtrack of the film is composed by Amartya Bobo Rahut and Raajeev V. Bhalla whereas lyrics are written by Manoj Yadav, Siddhant Kaushal and Akshay K. Saxena.

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Khushmizaaj"Manoj Yadav Arijit Singh, Amartya Bobo Rahut3:50
2."Rang Bhariya"Siddhant KaushalGujraj Singh, Amrita Singh, Amartya Bobo Rahut4:24
3."Dil Bandar"Siddhant Kaushal Tushar Joshi, Amartya Bobo Rahut2:12
4."Behti Si" (Music by Raajeev V. Bhalla)Akshay K. SaxenaRaajeev V. Bhalla, Rashi Harmalkar3:42
Total length:14:08

Reception

Anna M. M. Vetticad of Firstpost found the film 'bitter-sweet'. She praised the acting of Hashmi, Dugal and supporting cast and music of Amartya Bobo Rahut. She criticised the screenplay of Nadkarni co-written with Rakesh Jadhav for robbing the narrative of the film with 'substance and considerable sociological commentary'. Praising cinematographer Amalendu Chaudhary for 'striking shots across several locations', she rated it with two and half stars out of five. Vetticad concluded, "Darbaan is nice enough, but it lacks depth and width." [7] Pradeep Kumar reviewing for The Hindu called it "simplistic take on servitude that feels out of place". Agreeing with Vetticad, Kumar also criticised the screenplay because he felt, "...story remains under explored". He also found the soundtrack "endearing". He concluded, "However, beyond his [Hashmi's] classy performance, Darbaan seems like a script better suited to the stage than the canvas of a cinema.". [8]

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