Bhindi Baazaar Inc.(2011) : Movie review

Bhindi Baazaar Inc. is an upcoming Hindi thriller directed by Ankush Bhatt and produced by Karan Arora, starring Kay Kay Menon, Piyush Mishra, Prashant Narayanan, Deepti Naval,Shilpa Shukla, Pawan Malhotra. The film is set in the underbelly of Mumbai, between the infamous by-lanes where crime is prevalent as a way of life. The film was announced at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. The film is slated to release in April 2011.

The film revolves around gangs of Mumbai who have embraced pickpocketing as an art and a means of earning a livelihood. They use their intelligence as a canvas and their spontaneity as a brush to survive in this dangerous profession. ‘Bhindi Baazaar Inc.’ is the story of a pawn and his calculated moves to reach the other end of the chessboard. Revolving around vicious crime syndicates, the film starts with a game of chess being played between two characters; ‘Shroff’ and ‘Darzi’. It highlights the ambitious and planned moves of a pawn to reach the other end of the board. Their every move in the game correlates with life in the real world and how people are used or killed as the game progresses. The story is based on the quest of a small time pickpocket ‘Fateh’ and his ambitions to become a MAMU (local area don). The screenplay underlines the gritty politics, feared hierarchy, unspoken rules, authoritative commands, shrewd intelligence, crafty wit and cold blooded betrayals, within the business. The film was shot on various locations in and around Mumbai's densely populated Bhindi Bazaar area, and a 30-day final schedule began 15 April 2010.

The cast of the film is:

• Kay Kay Menon as Shroff
• Piyush Mishra as Pandey
• Prashant Narayanan as Fateh
• Deepti Naval as Mamu's wife - Bano
• Pawan Malhotra as Mamu
• Shilpa Shukla as Fateh's girlfriend - Kanjari
• Vedita Pratap Singh as Shabana
• Caterina Lopez as Special Appearance
• Gautam Sharma as Darzi
• Shweta Verma as Simran