Two blundering terrorists with lofty ideologies, but ordinary talent, on a mission to change the world.
Director: Karan Anshuman
Writers: Puneet Krishna, Sumit Purohit, 1 more credit
Stars: Jacqueline Fernandez, Rajesh Sharma, Riteish Deshmukh
Storyline
Bangistan is a whip smart and uproarious satire on fundamentalism and
the story of two unlikely terrorists, the antitheses of each other, with
a common destructive goal. Concerned by the unrest in the name of
religion, Subcontinental leaders of Muslims and Hindus, the Imam and the
Shankaracharya, announce that they're attending the International Peace
Conference in Krakow in a joint effort to help unite the two religions
in perpetual harmony. Rival rabble-rousing ragtag organizations, the
Islamist Al-Kaam Tamam and right-wing political party Maa Ka Dal
separately recruit and brainwash Hafeez and Praveen to suicide bomb the
conference so that they may continue to wield their local influence.
After a rigorous, and hilarious, 'training' period the two men switch
their religious identities to stay under the radar. Hafeez, the jihadi,
masquerades as a conservative Hindu, Ishwarchand; while Praveen, the
Hindu soldier, dons the garb of a practicing Muslim, Allahrakha. Focused
on the mission,...
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