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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Bandhak<br />
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| director = [[Hyder Bilgrami]]<br />
| producer = [[Ramzan Lakhani]]<br />
| writer =<br />
| narrator =<br />
| starring = Farokh Daruwala<BR>Aasha Patel<br />
| music = Shyam-Das<br/>Nicholas Noor<br />
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| distributor = Digimax Studio<br />
| released = {{Film date|2003}}<br />
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| country = United States<br />
| language = [[Hindi]]<br />
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'''''Bandhak''''' is a [[Asian American|South Asian American]] film directed by [[Hyder Bilgrami]] and produced by [[Ramzan Lakhani]]. It explores the theme of racism against South Asians in the United States in the aftermath of the [[September 11, 2001 attacks|September 11th attacks]] through the story of Baldev Singh, an Indian immigrant in [[New York City]] who, facing harassment in his workplace, takes his boss hostage with a toy gun.<ref name="Yahoo">{{cite news|url=http://in.news.yahoo.com/041120/149/2hzwm.html|publisher=Yahoo! India|date=2004-11-20|accessdate=2007-01-10|title=Tale of injustice|last=Fernandes|first=Venetia}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref><br />
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== Critical response ==<br />
''Bandhak'' received media coverage in both the [[United States]] and [[India]]; it was first screened at a California film festival on September 11, 2004, and was brought to India by the Indo-American Art Council.<ref name="TimesOfIndia">{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/919424.cms|title=Now a 9/11 film, B'wood ishtyle|date=2004-11-10|accessdate=2007-01-10|last=Datta|first=Jyotirmoy|publisher=Times of India}}</ref> A press release from the distributor Digimax Studio describes it as the first [[Hindi language|Hindi]] film in the United States.<ref>{{cite press release|title=Digimax Studio launches Bandhak (the hostage), the first Hindi film in US|url=http://www.digimax.us/site/html/press_release2.html|publisher=Digimax Studio|date=2003-12-23|accessdate=2007-01-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060922212846/http://www.digimax.us/site/html/press_release2.html|archive-date=2006-09-22|url-status=dead}}</ref> One New Jersey film critic likened it to a South Asian version of ''[[Do The Right Thing]]''. Producer Ramzan Lakhani described his motivation behind the film in an interview with a local [[New Jersey]] newspaper, stating that while second generation South Asian youth were producing many films in the United States, he hoped to target the immigrant first generation, and hence tried to tailor the film to Indian sensibilities, including [[Bollywood]]-style dance numbers and the use of Hindi.<ref name="HNT">{{cite news|url=http://www.injersey.com/pulse/story/0,21493,1352512,00.html|title=Hindi film explores post-9/11 immigrant backlash|last=Jordan|first=Chris|date=2005-09-09|accessdate=2007-01-21|publisher=Home News Tribune}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref><br />
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==Credits==<br />
=== Cast ===<br />
* Farokh Daruwala<br />
* Murtuza Sabir<br />
* Daman Arora<br />
* Manoj Shinde<br />
* Meenu Mangal<br />
* Ramzan Lakhani<br />
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=== Director ===<br />
* [[Hyder Bilgrami]]<br />
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=== Producer ===<br />
* [[Ramzan Lakhani]]<br />
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=== Music ===<br />
* Shyam-Das<br />
* Nicholas Noor<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[List of cultural references to the September 11 attacks]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{official website|http://www.bandhak.com|Bandhak}}<br />
* {{IMDb title|0432252|Bandhak}}<br />
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[[Category:2003 films]]<br />
[[Category:Films based on the September 11 attacks]]<br />
[[Category:2000s Hindi-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Films about race and ethnicity]]<br />
[[Category:Films set in the United States]]<br />
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