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India Lockdown
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Official release poster
Directed by Madhur Bhandarkar
Written byAmit Joshi
Aradhana Sah
Produced by Jayantilal Gada
Madhur Bhandarkar
Pranav Jain
Starring
CinematographyPalash Das
Keiko Nakahara
Production
companies
  • Pen India Limited
  • Bhandarkar Entertainment
  • Pen Marudhar Entertainment
  • P J Motions Pictures
Distributed by ZEE5
Release date
  • 2 December 2022 (2022-12-02)
Running time
112 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

India Lockdown is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Madhur Bhandarkar and produced by P J Motion Pictures and Pen India Limited along with Bhandarkar Entertainment. The film stars an ensemble cast of Shweta Basu Prasad, Aahana Kumra, Prateik Babbar, Sai Tamhankar, Prakash Belawadi and Saanand Verma. [1] The film was scheduled for a world premiere at the 52nd International Film Festival of India. [2] The film was commercially released on ZEE5 on December 2, 2022. [3] The movie deals with the repercussions of COVID-19 lockdown in India and how the people of the country struggled through it. [4] [5]

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Plot

The film showcases four parallel stories – a father-daughter duo stuck in different cities, a sex worker and her troubles, a migrant worker with bare resources, and a pilot. [6]

Cast


Production

The shoot of the film started after the 2020 lockdown. [7] The shoots were wrapped by March 2021. [8] The film secured a certification from the Central Board of Film Certification in October 2021. [9]

Marketing

The teaser trailer of the movie was released on November 8. [10] when it was trending on X, Formerly known as Twitter leading to panic among the netizens in India of another lockdown being imposed by the Indian government. [11]

Release

It was announced in November 2022 that film would have a direct-to-digital release via ZEE5. [12]

Reception

Anuj Kumar for The Hindu wrote, "Madhur's treatment of subjects is usually high-pitched and he paints his scenarios with broad strokes, but here, he has roped in a cast of competent actors to convey what is not there on the page." [13] Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express rated the movie 1.5/5 and wrote "...an older woman rescues a younger one from the flesh trade. The rest is just banal story-telling, with little new to say." [14] Zinia Bandyopadhyay of India Today gave the film a rating of 2/5 and wrote "Bhandarkar is an excellent director, and there is no doubt about that. But probably in his attempt to weave the story together, he missed other aspects like a compelling background score, or even performances, for that matter!" [15] Ronak Kotecha of The Times of India rated the film 3/5 and wrote "More than 2 years after the first countrywide lockdown in India, director Madhur Bhandarkar and his writers (Amit Joshi and Aradhana Sah) have come up with a compilation of stories that are real and relatable." [16]

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  14. ↑ Gupta, Shubhra (2 December 2022). "India Lockdown movie review: Banal storytelling, with little new to say". The Indian Express . Retrieved 3 December 2022.Star full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg
  15. ↑ Bandyopadhyay, Zinia (2 December 2022). "India Lockdown review: The Madhur Bhandarkar film fails to evoke emotions". India Today . Retrieved 2 December 2022.Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg
  16. ↑ Kotecha, Ronak (2 December 2022). "India Lockdown Review: A simple yet relatable take on the life in a lockdown". The Times of India . Retrieved 2 December 2022.Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg
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