New Delhi: The first look teaser of Anubhav Sinha’s socio-political thriller, ‘Bheed’, starring Rajkummar Rao and Bhumi Pednekar, was unveiled on Friday. Twelve years after the 84th Academy Award-winning French film ‘The Artist’, ‘Bheed’ is another feature film made entirely in black and white.
Rajkummar Rao shared the teaser on Instagram with the caption, “Hum kahaani bata rahe hai uss waqt ki jab batwara desh mein nahi, samaaj mein hua tha. #Bheed, a story of the darkest times, in black and white. Releasing in cinemas on 24th March 2023.
The teaser shows various images in black and white, with Ashutosh Rana’s voiceover mentioning that these images are not from the partition but from the 2020 lockdown.
Depicting the hard-hitting reality of social disparity at the times when borders were drawn within the country. The Rajkummar Rao and Bhumi Pednekar starrer is a story of the time when migrant workers were stranded without necessities, trying to find their way home in the middle of a nationwide lockdown in 2020.
Talking about the film, Anubhav Sinha said, “Bheed is a story of the most perilous times which changed everything for humanity. The key objective of shooting the film in black and white was to showcase how the visuals of the social disparity during India’s Lockdown were strikingly similar to what people went through during the 1947 India partition. This story is about people whose lives changed in a snap and the colors from their lives were lost when the border was drawn within the country.”
Producer Bhushan Kumar said, “Bheed is a special film as it communicates the story of the toughest times people had to face just to reach their homes. It is a very important story and who better than Anubhav to direct it? The film has been shot in black and white as it depicts the struggle in our society that we often overlook. I’m glad that we are able to bring such an important story to our audiences with a unique cinematic experience.”
‘Bheed’ boasts of an ensemble cast including Rajkummar Rao, Bhumi Pednekar, Pankaj Kapur, Ashutosh Rana, and Dia Mirza, Virendra Saxena, Aditya Shrivastav, Kritika Kamra, and Karan Pandit. Jointly produced by Bhushan Kumar’s T-Series and Anubhav Sinha’s Benaras Mediaworks, the film is all set for a theatrical release on 24th March 2023.