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Release
2026-06-05
Genres
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Budget
50 Cr
Box Office
4.15 Cr
Verdict
Flop
Director
Anurag Kashyap
Bandar is a 2025 Indian crime thriller film directed by Anurag Kashyap and produced by Nikhil Dwivedi under his banner Saffron Magicworks. The film written by Sudip Sharma and Abhishek Banerjee is inspired by a real-life event.
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Bandar opened to a modest ₹2.8–3.5 crore Day 1 — but the critical reaction and cinephile word of mouth are building with exactly the organic intensity that Anurag Kashyap films generate at their best. Bobby Deol's career-best performance is driving the conversation.

With 9 major Bollywood films and 4 major Hollywood releases spread across 4 Fridays in June — trade experts are calling this the most competitive and most financially loaded single month in Bollywood history, with combined box office stakes exceeding ₹1400 crore.

Bandar opened to ₹2.8–3.5 crore on Day 1 — among Bobby Deol's lowest openings in 16 years — but the critical response has been extraordinary, with multiple reviews calling it the finest Indian film of June 2026 and Bobby Deol's career-best performance under Anurag Kashyap's direction.

🔥 The Collaboration Nobody Predicted If you had told anyone in Bollywood five years ago that Bobby Deol's next career peak after Animal would be directed by Anurag Kashyap — the...

🔥 Tomorrow's the Day Tomorrow, June 5, Bollywood serves up one of its most interestingly contrasting release weekends in years. On one screen — a loud, warm, gloriously uncomplicated David Dhawan comedy. On the adjacent screen — a quiet, dark, morally uncomfortable Anurag Kashyap crime thriller. Same day. Same multiplexes. Completely different cinemas. Hai Jawani Toh Ishq Hona Hai versus Bandar. And the thing is — both of them deserve to work. For completely opposite reasons. 🍿 😂 FILM 1 — Hai Jawani Toh Ishq Hona Hai The Farewell That Fought Its Way to Release David Dhawan has made 40 films in 35 years. Tomorrow he makes his 41st — and his last. His retirement from directing has been announced, confirmed, and is emotionally felt across the industry. And the fact that this film arrived at June 5 after a ₹400 crore lawsuit, 11 CBFC cuts, two release date changes, and Salman Khan's very public shade about the Chunnari Chunnari recreation — makes its survival feel like its own kind of...

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