The Bypass

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The Bypass
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Screenshot from the film
Directed byAmit Kumar
Written byAmit Kumar
Produced by Asif Kapadia
Trevor Ingman
Starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Sundar Dan Detha, Irrfan Khan
Cinematography Rajeev Ravi
Music by Dario Marianelli
Production
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Release date
  • August 2003 (2003-08)(Edinburgh)
[ citation needed ]
Running time
17 minutes
CountriesIndia
United Kingdom
LanguageSilent

The Bypass is a 2003 Indian-British short silent crime film written and directed by Amit Kumar starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Irfan Khan and Sundar Dan Detha. The Bypass was filmed on a stranded road somewhere in Rajasthan, India. [1] The film was shown at the Edinburgh International Film Festival and Aubagne Film Festival. [2] [3]

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Plot

The film is about two friends who stay by the stranded road "Bypass" and a corrupt police officer. The two friends frequently mug and ultimately kill the people who travel by the road. Amit Kumar starts the film by showing a couple traveling by the road, and then Nawazuddin Siddiqui stops the car by throwing a rock. The two friends then steal money and graphically kill the pair. Irrfan Khan's role as a corrupt police officer is established when he takes a watch by cutting the wrist of a dead man, then rapes a lady and tries to kill the two muggers for the money they had. However, the dumb mugger attacks the police officer and kills him. The woman is let gone off. What happens next is a suspense itself. [4] The director represents the thrill of "Bypass" through violence and aggression.

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References

  1. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine : Irrfan & Nawazuddin Siddiqui in 'Bypass' (2003). YouTube .
  2. Tewari, Trisha (16 January 2022). "When The Acting Skills Resound In The Wordless Film: 'The Bypass'".
  3. "Irrfan Khan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui's 'The Bypass' to be screened at Bandra Film Festival". Free Press Journal.
  4. "Movie Review on the Short Film Bypass - 579 Words | Studymode".