Bheed (transl. Crowd) is a 2023 Indian Hindi-language social drama film[3] directed, co-written and produced by Anubhav Sinha as a fictional story set in the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown in India.[4] It stars Rajkummar Rao, Bhumi Pednekar, Dia Mirza, Ashutosh Rana, Pankaj Kapur and Kritika Kamra.[5][6]
| Bheed | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Anubhav Sinha |
| Written by | Anubhav Sinha Saumya Tiwari Sonali Jain |
| Story by | Anubhav Sinha |
| Produced by | Anubhav Sinha |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Soumik Mukherjee |
| Edited by | Atanu Mukherjee |
| Music by | Anurag Saikia |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | AA Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 114 minutes[1] |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Box office | ₹3.33 crore[2] |
Filming commenced in October 2021 and ended in December 2021. It was released on 24 March 2023 to positive reviews, but became a financial failure.[7][8] At 69th Filmfare Awards, the film received four nomination, including Best Film (Critics) and Best Actor (Critics) for Rao.[9]
Premise
editBheed is a fictitious account of the largest migration in Indian history (since the 1947 partition) during the quarantine in 2020. It tells the story of how several characters deal with the lockdown and migrate to a safe place.
Cast
edit- Rajkummar Rao as Inspector Surya Kumar Singh Tikas
- Bhumi Pednekar as Renu Sharma
- Dia Mirza as Geetanjali
- Ashutosh Rana as Inspector Subhash Yadav
- Pankaj Kapur as Balram Trivedi
- Kritika Kamra as Reporter Vidhi Prabhakar
- Aditya Shrivastav as Ram Singh
- Veerendra Saxena as Hari Dubey
- Harsh Purwar as Gonu
- Omkar Das Manikpuri
- Mahesh Chandra Deva
- Shushil Pandey as Kanhaiyya
Music
edit| Bheed | ||||
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| Soundtrack album by | ||||
| Released | 1 April 2023[10] | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Length | 8:24 | |||
| Language | Hindi | |||
| Label | T-Series | |||
| Anurag Saikia chronology | ||||
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| Official audio | ||||
| Bheed - Full Album on YouTube | ||||
The music of the film is composed by Anurag Saikia. The first single titled "Herail Ba" was released on 21 March 2023.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Herail Ba" | Dr Sagar | Omprakash Yadav, Anurag Saikia | 5:12 |
| 2. | "Chanda Mama" | Shakeel Azmi | Romy, Anurag Saikia | 3:12 |
| Total length: | 8:24 | |||
Reception
editOn the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 88% of 16 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.6/10.[11]
Bheed met to generally positive reviews. Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV gave it 4 stars out of five praising the performance of the cast and direction and stating that Bheed makes its point. Bheed does an admirable job of telling a story - or rather, a number of stories - that simply needed to be told. he also praised director Anubhav Sinha, he said Anubhav Sinha does not hesitate to confront the rot face. Is there anything more thrilling than a filmmaker making a statement and being taken seriously?.[12]
Film Critic Subhash K. Jha highly praised the film calling it a masterpiece. He Termed Bheed as more than a film. he praised the performance of Pankaj Kapur and Rajkumar Rao and Bhumi. He said in his review that The power dynamics of class and caste in India are better understood and depicted by Anubhav Sinha than any other Indian filmmaker. We owe this superb storyteller who tells it like it is our gratitude only for this. Please accept it or not.[13][14]
Yatamanyu Narain Of News18 gave the film 4 out of 5 stars. He wrote, "Anubhav Sinha's Bheed might be a film for some but for many, it's bound to be a cathartic journey into the prologue to the darkest chapters of humanity that left the world gasping for air. Rajkummar Rao, Bhumi Pednekar, Pankaj Kapur starrer is an important story that dexterously rewinds the time for you and takes you back to that fateful date when India's first lockdown was announced. What followed was a trail of decisions promulgated in view of preventing the outbreak but what it actually did was render thousands of people on a homeward-bound journey with bare necessities in hand. Bheed captured the pathos, pangs, and grief of the marginalized through empathy and compassion tinted-lens."[15]
Cath Clarke of The Guardian gave the film 3 out of 5 stars. She praised the story and stated that "the caste system serves as the foundation for much of the nation's division and strife, as shown in a gripping, state-of-the-nation drama set in the Covid era of India."[16]
Anna MM Vetticad writes in the Firstpost. She said that Bheed relates to the dissemination of false information during the pandemic on social media and WhatsApp. Government apathy to the misery of the populace, especially the impoverished, looms large in the background without being explicitly stated. But neither is the main focus of the movie. Bheed focuses on the social rift that emerges even when a tragedy is playing out, namely racism stemming from the upper caste, upper-class avarice, and religion.[17]
Archika Khurana of The Times of India gave 3.5 stars out of 5. She stated Anubhav Sinha accurately captures the pain endured by hundreds of people in his movie depiction of a particular stage of the pandemic and makes it not an easy watch.[18]
Davesh Shrama of Filmfare also gave 3.5 stars out of 5. He praises the film and write in his review that The movie highlights the plight of the oppressed while also highlighting the stark religious, racial, and caste divide that still exists in our nation. The director doesn't mince words. He doesn't engage in melodrama either.[19]
Abhimanyu Mathur of DNA praises the lead actors performance and direction. He said in his review that Bheed is a sobering and challenging to watch account of the migrants' plight during the initial lockdown. Nonetheless, it raises questions about how fleeting human memory is. These are events that have happened around us in the last three years. And yet, despite the highest level of documentation of everything that occurs worldwide, these atrocities remain unremembered. That is Bheed's biggest triumph. For those who were most negatively impacted by the lockdowns, it is able to recapture the stark hardness of those times. For a change, those who were battling for their lives are the only thing everybody is talking about.[20]
Accolades
edit| Year[a] | Award | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 69th Filmfare Awards | Best Film (Critics) | Anubhav Sinha | Nominated[21] | |
| Best Story | Anubhav Sinha | Nominated | |||
| Best Actor (Critics) | Rajkummar Rao | Nominated | |||
| Best Sound Design | Anita Kushwaha | Nominated |
- ^ Refers to the year in which the ceremony was held.
References
edit- ^ "Bheed". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ^ "Bheed Box office collection". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
- ^ "Bheed (2023)". Irish Film Classification Office.
- ^ "Anubhav Sinha's Bheed, set during 2020 lockdown, to release on March 24". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
- ^ "Anubhav Sinha's Bheed starring Rajkummar Rao, Bhumi Pednekar to be released on this date". Filmfare.com. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
- ^ "Bheed: राजकुमार राव और भूमि की फिल्म 'भीड़' इस दिन सिनेमाघरों में देगी दस्तक, मेकर्स ने किया रिलीज डेट का एलान". Amar Ujala. Retrieved 2 February 2023.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Anubhav Sinha's 'Bheed' to release on March 24". The Print. February 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
- ^ "Anubhav Sinha's Bheed to release on THIS date". Bollywood Hungama. February 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
- ^ "Nominations for the 69th Hyundai Filmfare Awards 2024 with Gujarat Tourism: Full list out". Filmfare. 15 January 2024. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
- ^ "Bheed – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack". Jiosaavn. 2 April 2023.
- ^ "Bheed". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
- ^ Chatterjee, Saibal (24 March 2023). "Bheed Review: Rajkummar Rao And Pankaj Kapur Deliver Outstanding Performances". NDTV. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
- ^ Jha, Subhash K. (24 March 2023). "Bheed Review: Much more than a film". National Herald. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
- ^ Jha, Subhash K. (24 March 2023). "Bheed Is A Masterpiece – A Subhash K Jha Review". IMDb. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
- ^ "Bheed Review: Anubhav Sinha's Movie Will Make You Uncomfortable But For All The Right Reasons". news18.com. 24 March 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
- ^ Clarke, Cath (24 March 2023). "Bheed review – lockdown thriller cuts across India's class conflict". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
- ^ Vetticad, Anna MM (24 March 2023). "Bheed movie review: Filmmaking as an act of defiance". Firstpost. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
- ^ Khurana, Archika (24 March 2023). "Bheed Movie Review : A brave portrayal of the plight of migrant workers during lockdown". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
- ^ Sharma, Davesh (24 March 2023). "Bheed Movie Review". Filmfare. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
- ^ Mathur, Abhimanyu (24 March 2023). "Bheed movie review: Anubhav Sinha paints grim harshness of lockdown and inequalities in black and white". DNA. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
- ^ "Winners of the 69th Filmfare Awards 2024". Filmfare. 29 January 2024. Retrieved 29 January 2024.