Bandish Bandits Season 1
10 episodes · about 7 hours · complete season
Filmi Score · season 1
Good
8 reviews
54
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Summary
Radhe a singing prodigy from a classical background & Tamanna, a pop sensation on the rise meet. Radhe's world is turned upside down when he falls in love with Tamanna. Torn between helping her achieve stardom and staying true to his own music and his family’s legacy, will he succeed in juggling both or will he lose everything he has?
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All seasons
Season 12020 · 10 episodesGood · 8 reviews–
Season 22024 · 8 episodesExceptional · 6 reviews–54
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Cast & crew
Created byAmritpal Singh Bindra, Anand Tiwari
Season 1 directed byAnand Tiwari
Cast
Summary
Radhe a singing prodigy from a classical background & Tamanna, a pop sensation on the rise meet. Radhe's world is turned upside down when he falls in love with Tamanna. Torn between helping her achieve stardom and staying true to his own music and his family’s legacy, will he succeed in juggling both or will he lose everything he has?
Where to watch
Availability by JustWatch · some watch links pay filmi.ai a small commission; it never changes what we show or how we score.Family Room
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Parents should know
A music drama about a classical prodigy and a pop star, with family financial strain and some crude language and sexual innuendo. Smoking is shown. One subplot references bipolar disorder. Themes of tradition, art as joy, and family loyalty recur.
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The record, item by item
Language · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“The language is annoying; no 20-something speaks the way they do in the show” view the record →
Sex & nudity · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“sexual innuendo just sounds like what old people think “millennials” would say” view the record →
Sex & nudity · Mild · Reviewer on record
“wearing very few clothes” view the record →
Drinking, smoking, drugs · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“smoking a cigarette (character traits: unapologetic, cool)” view the record →
Drinking, smoking, drugs · Mild · Reviewer on record
“show Tamanna smoking” view the record →
Intense scenes · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“characters cheerfully dispense advice and medicine for ‘bipolar disorder’” view the record →
Positive messages · Clear · Reviewer on record
“there doesn't need to be a rift between the classical and the popular” view the record →
Positive messages · Clear · Reviewer on record
“art should not be a burden but a joy that sets you free” view the record →
Role models · Clear · Reviewer on record
“everyone else is driven by a commendably altruistic spirit” view the record →
What the critics said
8 reviews read · the critic’s own number where they gave one
Karthik Keramalu · 14 Aug 2020
4/5, stated in the text — not a formal rating. Read it there →
Stated in textFilmi’s reading 8080
Deeksha Sharma · YouTube, Hindi · transcript read · 4 Aug 2020
The reviewer calls the show's music-drama concept fresh and unique, praises Naseeruddin Shah's performance and the Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy score, but… Watch it there →
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Saibal Chatterjee · 4 Aug 2020
Bandish Bandits Review: Naseeruddin Shah-Led Cast Soars Even When Show Doesn't Read it there →
Published · 3/5Filmi’s reading 6360
Saraswati Datar · 4 Aug 2020
Datar finds the screenplay uneven and unnecessarily long, and the young leads inexperienced, but calls the music the show's real strength, closing… Read it there →
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Shubhra Gupta · 4 Aug 2020
Gupta admires Shah's performance and the show's classical-versus-pop theme and music, but faults rushed late reveals, a troubling handling of a… Read it there →
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Nandini Ramnath · 4 Aug 2020
Ramnath finds the family drama melodramatic and the central romance cliché-ridden, but praises the performances—especially Shah, Chaddha and… Read it there →
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Mini Anthikad-Chhibber · 6 Aug 2020
Chhibber pans the writing as lazy and cliché-ridden, mocks the show's stereotypes and forced dialogue, and calls even the music merely catchy,… Read it there →
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Rahul Desai · 4 Aug 2020
Desai finds the season's writing scattershot and overloaded with clashing tracks, its young leads forgettable, and its otherwise-strong music… Read it there →
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