The Bypass

The Bypass
The Bypass
	Screenshot from the film
Directed by	Amit Kumar
Written by	Amit Kumar
Produced by	Asif Kapadia ; Trevor Ingman
Starring	Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Sundar Dan Detha, Irrfan Khan
Cinematography	Rajeev Ravi
Music by	Dario Marianelli
Production; companies	FilmFour; UK Film Council
Release date	August 2003 (Edinburgh); [citation needed]
Running time	17 minutes
Countries	India; United Kingdom
Language	Silent

The Bypass is a 2003 Indian-British short silent crime film written and directed by Amit Kumar starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Irfan Khan and Sundar Dan Detha. The Bypass was filmed on a stranded road somewhere in Rajasthan, India.^[1] The film was shown at the Edinburgh International Film Festival and Aubagne Film Festival.^[2]^[3]

Plot

The film is about two friends who stay by the stranded road "Bypass" and a corrupt police officer. The two friends frequently mug and ultimately kill the people who travel by the road. Amit Kumar starts the film by showing a couple traveling by the road, and then Nawazuddin Siddiqui stops the car by throwing a rock. The two friends then steal money and graphically kill the pair. Irrfan Khan's role as a corrupt police officer is established when he takes a watch by cutting the wrist of a dead man, then rapes a lady and tries to kill the two muggers for the money they had.^[4] The director represents the thrill of "Bypass" through violence and aggression.

Cast

Nawazuddin Siddiqui - 1st Mugger
Sundar Dan Detha - 2nd Mugger
Irrfan Khan - Corrupt Policeman
Manorama Goswami - Kidnapped Girl
Kasturi Kasturi - Woman in the Jeep
Karuna Pandey - Woman in Car
Ashwin Chaddha- Man in Car
Kalyan Singh- Jeep Driver

References

^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Irrfan & Nawazuddin Siddiqui in 'Bypass' (2003). YouTube.
^ Tewari, Trisha (16 January 2022). "When The Acting Skills Resound In The Wordless Film: 'The Bypass'".
^ "Irrfan Khan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui's 'The Bypass' to be screened at Bandra Film Festival". Free Press Journal.
^ "Movie Review on the Short Film Bypass - 579 Words | Studymode".

External links

The Bypass at IMDb

[1] Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Irrfan & Nawazuddin Siddiqui in 'Bypass' (2003). YouTube.

[2] Tewari, Trisha (16 January 2022). "When The Acting Skills Resound In The Wordless Film: 'The Bypass'".

[3] "Irrfan Khan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui's 'The Bypass' to be screened at Bandra Film Festival". Free Press Journal.

[4] "Movie Review on the Short Film Bypass - 579 Words | Studymode".

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