Bandwaale Season 1
8 episodes · about 6 hours · complete season
Filmi Score · season 1
Mixed
3 reviews · provisional
41
16+
Summary
Mariam, a young poetess, finds herself trapped in a sleepy town, where every young girl's future lies in wedlock. Mariam hopes to find her freedom against all odds, by uploading her poetry on the internet through an anonymous account.Along with her band of misfits - Robo and Psy, Mariam discovers the power of her poetry and her own voice.
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Season 12026 · 8 episodesMixed · 3 reviews16+
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Cast & crew
Created byAnkur Tewari, Swanand Kirkire
Season 1 directed byAnkur Tewari, Akshat Verma
Season 1 written bySwanand Kirkire, Ankur Tewari
Cast
Summary
Mariam, a young poetess, finds herself trapped in a sleepy town, where every young girl's future lies in wedlock. Mariam hopes to find her freedom against all odds, by uploading her poetry on the internet through an anonymous account.Along with her band of misfits - Robo and Psy, Mariam discovers the power of her poetry and her own voice.
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Parents should know
A small-town musical dramedy about a poet finding her voice under a strict father; a kiss is referenced in her poetry, the mother's fear is named, and the finale is heavy-handed.
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The record, item by item
Sex & nudity · Mild · Reviewer on record
“an anonymous poem about a kiss has been confiscated” view the record →
Intense scenes · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“terrorised into submission” view the record →
Intense scenes · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“a church-set climax that's hard to watch for how heavy-handed it is” view the record →
Positive messages · Strong · Reviewer on record
“struggle to follow creative dreams while dealing with family and social pressure” view the record →
Positive messages · Strong · Reviewer on record
“a look at how young people in small towns pursue the opportunities offered by new technology” view the record →
What the critics said
3 reviews read · the critic’s own number where they gave one
16 Feb 2026
Bandwaale Review: 5 Reasons to Watch This Musical Dramedy on Prime Video Read it there →
Published · 3/5Filmi’s reading 6360
Deepa Gahlot · 13 Feb 2026
Gahlot finds the Malayali-Christian small-town premise and setting genuinely interesting, but says the series squanders it in absurd, unrelated… Read it there →
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Rahul Desai · 17 Feb 2026
Desai calls Bandwaale bland and forgettable, faulting its shapeless plotting, a reductive idea of the heroine's art, uneven characterisation… Read it there →
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