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2026 · Hindi · 2h 20m · Thriller · CBFC A

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Filmi Score

Very good

16 reviews

8 exceptional4 very good2 good1 mixed1 weak

What the critics say

Critics across the board call Bobby Deol's performance a career-best in this gritty Anurag Kashyap prison drama tackling MeToo and consent, though several say it fumbles the women's side of the story and grows messy or uneven.

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Summary

Bandar (2026, Hindi) has a Filmi Score of 73 from 16 critic reviews, is rated 18+ by Filmi (CBFC: A), and streams on ZEE5 in India.

TV star Samar's life spirals when his ex Gayatri accuses him of rape after he blocks contact with her. Despite his new relationship with Khushi, he faces arrest and encounters a corrupt justice system.

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Box office collection ₹$

₹4.97 CrWorldwide gross in 28 days

India gross₹4.97 Cr

Overseas gross₹0.00 Cr

As of 26 Aug 2026 · Sacnilk

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Cast & crew

Directed by Anurag Kashyap · written by Abhishek Banerjee & Sudip Sharma · music Amit Trivedi & Vishal Mishra & Jagmohan Bakshi & Sapan Sengupta & Payal Dev & Aditya Dev & Sarvesh Shrivastava & Sannit Gangula & Shivahari Varma

Anurag KashyapDirector

Abhishek BanerjeeWriter

Sudip SharmaWriter

Amit TrivediMusic

Vishal MishraMusic

Jagmohan BakshiMusic

Sapan SenguptaMusic

Payal DevMusic

Aditya DevMusic

Sarvesh ShrivastavaMusic

Sannit GangulaMusic

Shivahari VarmaMusic

Shaaz RizviCinematography

Aarti BajajEditing

Cast

Bobby DeolLead

Sanya Malhotra

Saba Azad

Sapna Pabbi

Jitendra Joshi

Indrajith Sukumaran

Raj B Shetty

Ankush Gedam

Riddhi Sen

Nagesh Bhonsle

Sukant Goel

Jaimini Pathak

Full crew

SoundKunal Sharma

Production designPrashant Bidkar · Vivek R Kerkar

CostumeSubodh Srivastava

LyricsSudip Sharma

Summary

Bandar (2026, Hindi) has a Filmi Score of 73 from 16 critic reviews, is rated 18+ by Filmi (CBFC: A), and streams on ZEE5 in India.

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What the critics said

16 reviews · the critic’s own number where they gave one

Five of 16 · the critic’s own number where they gave one

Suraj Kumar

YouTube, Hindi · rating spoken aloud · 5 Jun 2026

4/5, said on camera. Published nowhere. Watch it there →

Stated in video Filmi’s reading 90

Koimoi

Trisha Gaur · 5 Jun 2026

Bandar Movie Review: Bobby Deol & Anurag Kashyap Flip ‘Me Too’ Upside Down But I’m Not Gutsy Enough To Say ‘Not All Women’ – How Do I Know “Usne Kiya Ya Nahi Kiya?” Read it there →

Published · 4.5/5 Filmi’s reading 90

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Anmol Jamwal · YouTube · transcript read · 6 Jun 2026

Jamwal calls Bandar an almost flawless film, praising Kashyap's lived-in Mumbai eye, the claustrophobic jail production design, and Bobby Deol's… Watch it there →

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The Quint

Poulomi Das · 5 Jun 2026

Poulomi Das calls Bandar Kashyap finding his way back to form, praising Bobby Deol's career-best performance and the film's refusal to take easy… Read it there →

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Galatta Plus

Baradwaj Rangan ✓ Claimed · 5 Jun 2026

Rangan calls Bandar a bruising, beautifully shot prison drama anchored by a career-best Bobby Deol and a superb Sapna Pabbi, noting only that some… Read it there →

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Filmfare

Devesh Sharma · 5 Jun 2026

Bandar Movie Review: Bobby Deol Shines in This Gritty Prison Drama | Filmfare.com Read it there →

Published · 4.0/5 Filmi’s reading 82

The Indian Express

Shubhra Gupta · 5 Jun 2026

Bandar movie review: Bobby Deol anchors Anurag Kashyap’s strongest film in years Read it there →

Published · 3/5 Filmi’s reading 80

Deccan Herald

Ritwik Kaikini · 5 Jun 2026

Kaikini praises Bobby Deol's career-best turn, the sharply written interrogation dialogue, and the raw, hyper-realistic jail setting, comparing… Read it there →

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Firstpost

Vinamra Mathur · 5 Jun 2026

'Bandar' Movie Review: Anurag Kashyap and Bobby Deol create a dark and disturbing drama about sexual harass... Read it there →

Published · 3.5/5 Filmi’s reading 76

Rediff

Mayur Sanap · 5 Jun 2026

Bandar Review: Watch It For Bobby Deol Read it there →

Published · 3/5 Filmi’s reading 76

Yogi Bolta Hai

Yogi · YouTube, Hindi · rating spoken aloud · 5 Jun 2026

4/5, said on camera. Published nowhere. Watch it there →

Stated in video Filmi’s reading 74

Filmi Indian

Deeksha Sharma · YouTube, Hindi · rating spoken aloud · 6 Jun 2026

4.5/5, said on camera. Published nowhere. Watch it there →

Stated in video Filmi’s reading 70

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Unni Narayanan · YouTube, Malayalam · transcript read · 9 Jun 2026

Unni calls Bandar an 'okay watch' — solid performances from Bobby Deol and Sanya Malhotra and strong sound design, but a plain, straightforward… Watch it there →

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Sucharita Tyagi

YouTube · transcript read · 15 Sep 2025

Sucharita calls Bandar deliberately unsafe and morally slippery, praising Bobby Deol's and Sanya Malhotra's performances and Kashyap's refusal of… Watch it there →

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Nandini Ramnath · 5 Jun 2026

Nandini Ramnath sees Bandar as an unrelentingly grim mashup of a MeToo statement and a prison-conditions exposé, admiring Bobby Deol's performance… Read it there →

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NDTV

Saibal Chatterjee · 5 Jun 2026

Bandar Review: Bobby Deol Drives Uneven Prison Drama That Questions Justice Read it there →

Published · 2.5/5 Filmi’s reading 34

How this number was made. We read every review and derive a 0–100 reading from each — including where the critic printed a number, which stays first on its row, because it’s theirs. The Filmi Score is the mean of 16 readings; 9 of those rows also carry the critic’s own rating, shown beside ours. Rubric v2.1, computed 26 Oct 2026. Any critic can ask us to remove a derived reading.

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Bandar: quick answers

Box office, where to watch and what critics said — from the same data as the page.

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What is Bandar's box office collection?

Bandar has a box office collection of ₹4.97 Cr worldwide (gross), made up of ₹4.97 Cr India gross and ₹0.00 Cr overseas gross. Figures are Sacnilk's, as of 26 Aug 2026, day 28. Grosses are contested in India, and money never feeds the Filmi Score.

How much has Bandar collected at the box office?

Bandar has collected ₹4.97 Cr worldwide in 28 days, as of 26 Aug 2026, according to Sacnilk.

Where can I watch Bandar?

Bandar is streaming on OTT: ZEE5 (India). Availability comes from JustWatch and is checked every Friday.

What did critics say about Bandar?

Bandar has a Filmi Score of 73 (Very good), the mean of 16 readings of critic reviews, one per review. Readings run from 34 (NDTV) to 90 (Suraj Kumar). Every review and how it was scored is listed below.

What readers say

The Audience Score appears once three readers’ reviews have been read under the rubric — built from what people write, never from the rating numbers.

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