Gandu (film)

Gandu is a 2010 blackandwhite Indian film, in the Bengali language, directed by Qaushiq Mukherjee who has described the film as a rap musical. It features Anubrata, Joyraj, Kamalika, Silajit, and Rii in the lead roles. The films music is by the alternative rock band Five Little Indians. Gandu previewed at Yale University before making its international premiere onOctober 2010 at the 2010 South Asian International Film Festival in New York City. Gandu was an official selection at the 2011 Berlin International Film Festival and was also screened at the Slamdance Film Festival.

The movie is set on the life of an unnamed protagonist who is called Gandu by most who address him in the movie an Indian slangswear word that would literally translate to of the ass, the English translation running in the subtitle translates it to the English Asshole. Gandu is portrayed as a frustrated teenager whose state of mind is shown by intercuts of him rapping in Bengali it is later revealed in the movie that the protagonist is a member of a rap band. Gandus mother seemingly supports the family through the magnanimity of her lover Dasbabu an unvoiced character who appears frequently Gandus mother and Dasbabu are shown having graphic sex a number of times. Gandu himself is shown repeatedly sneaking into the room of the copulating couple to steal money from Dasbabus wallet. Gandu seemingly has complex emotions regarding this stealing and takes care to hide from his mother .Gandu is also apparently quite lonely. His choice of hairstyle shaved nearly bald and general proclivity to drugs and rap makes him an object of ridicule in front of most of his peers, who mock him as an Egglike Gandu. His loneliness is dispelled when he literally bumps into Rickshaw, a cycle rickshaw driver, who slaps Gandu and then scares him off by a bizarre show of Kung Fu it is later revealed that Rickshaw literally worships Bruce Lee and models himself on his idol That night Gandu has a dream of himself and Rickshaw in a near naked embrace this has led to the common perception that Gandu and Rickshaw share a homosexual relationship but the movie itself never shows this explicitly and it maybe a more symbolic element ........

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