Movie Details:
Also known as | Bandaa |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Genre | Legal drama |
Release date | 23 May 2023 |
Running time | 2hr 12min |
Age rating | U/A |
Starring | Manoj Bajpayee |
Directed by | Apoorv Singh Karki |
Written by | Advocate P. C. Solanki Apoorva Singh Karki Deepak Kingrani |
Produced by | Vinod Bhanushali Kamlesh Bhanushali Vishal Gurnani Vishwankar Pathania Juhi Prakash Mehta Asif Shaikh Suparn Verma |
Cinematography by | Arjun Kukreti |
Edited by | Sumeet Kotian |
Music by | Sangeet-Siddharth Roy |
Production Company | Bhanushali Studios Limited Zee Studios |
Distributor | ZEE5 |
Cast & Characters:
- Manoj Bajpayee as Adv. P. C. Solanki
- Adrija Sinha as Nu Singh
- Surya Mohan Kulshrestha as Baba
- Nikhil Pandey as Amit Nihag
- Priyanka Setia as Inspector Chanchal Mishra
- Jaihind Kumar as Nu’s father
- Durga Sharma as Nu’s mother
- Vipin Sharma as Adv. Pramod Sharma
- Abhijit Lahiri as Adv. Ram Chandvani in relaity Ram Jethmalani
- Saurabh Sharma as Nu’s first lawyer
- Archana Dani as Mrs. Bapat
- Ikhlaque Ahmed Khan as Judge
- Kaustav Sinha as Bittu
- Manish Mishra as Inspector Amit Sial
- Vivek Sinha as Baba’s son
- Shivraj Walvekar as Police Commissioner of Jodhpur
- Vivek Tandon as Supreme Court lawyer
- Gauransh Sharma as Solanki’s son
- Veena Mehta as Solanki’s mother
- Manohar Teli as Mahendra Singh
- Vikram Singh as Kripal Singh
- Amrita Chakraborty as Pushpalata
- Himanshu Manek as Madhukar Tripathi, Principal of Saraswati school
- Micky Singh as Mrs. Kamat
- Rajesh Talnikar as Dinesh Bhavchandani
- Tushar Phulke as Defence Witness
- Vishwamitra Dixit as Defence lawyer’s assistance
Storyline:
Sirf Ek Bandaa Kafi Hai is a courtroom drama inspired by actual events of a five-year-long standalone fight of a regular session court lawyer Adv. P. C. Solanki (Manoj Bajpayee) stands for the truth and his struggle to bring justice to a minor. The plot is based on the trial of Asaram for the rape of a minor.
The case was moved to the Session Court. Witnesses were killed and threatened by the godman’s goons, but due to the undeterred efforts of Adv. P. C. Solanki, the victim(s) got justice eventually.
About Movie:
Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai is a Hindi legal drama directed by Apoorv Singh Karki, co-produced by Zee Studios and Bhanushali Studios. The film stars Manoj Bajpayee and marks the reunion of Bajpayee with Suparn Verma, following their collaboration on The Family Man.
Principal photography started on 9 October 2022, when it was also announced that Manoj Bajpayee has been signed to play the lead. The film was primarily shot in Mumbai. The shoots were wrapped by December 2022.
Released digitally on ZEE5 on May 23, 2023, Bandaa received widespread acclaim from both critics and audiences, prompting a limited theatrical release on June 2, 2023. The film was also showcased in the 54th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) as part of the Indian Panorama mainstream section.
At the 2023 Filmfare OTT Awards, Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai garnered 7 nominations and won 5 awards, including Best Web Original Film, Best Director in a Web Original Film for Karki, and Best Actor in a Web Original Film for Bajpayee.