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All the prisoners are called by the jailer SP Dhulia who announces that for the first time on the occasion of Independence Day of India, a male-female joint musical band of under-trail prisoners will be created to participate in the Independence Day function. He also announced that the band will be rewarded with grace points, which will help them to get their jail sentences cleared at the earliest. Subsequently, auditions happen and Sanju and Bindu are selected for the band along with Maskeen Singh, Ogu, Rufi, Tatyana and Sange. The group bonds quickly and decides to give their best to get their jail charges cleared as soon as possible, as per the promise of Dhulia. They also reveal their reasons for being imprisoned. Sanju has been framed by the husband of a woman whom he had given a lift on a rainy night to reach home, for trying to molest her. Bindu was accused of trying to kidnap her niece by her brother-in-law who actually was indulging in violence with his wife and daughter. Rufi reveals that after his wedding, he purchased a car which got stolen. After a few days, he discovered that the bomb blast in his city was triggered by his car. Since he hadn't registered a missing complaint of his car, he is framed for being a part of a terrorist group. Ogu is imprisoned for trying to procure drugs in Goa.
Credited for its story, screenplay, lyrics, dialogues and direction, Faisal assumes a lot of roles to tell a story based on real events -- one of them is when Tihar Jail's in-house band Flying Souls played alongside Delhi-based rock group Menwhopause, the rest is mostly bogus.
Even as you are wondering about their unusually chirpy disposition and hip fashion sense languishing in crammed chambers and dimly lit dingy corners, a rock band called Middle Finger, one that looks like it's never performed a day in their lives, drops by to jam together.
Their music becomes an instrument of their liberation. But there are many hurdles in their path and the fight winds its way through several maudlin passages involving the young lead pair and their pals before the eventual denouement. The problems they face spring from reality, but the solutions they find are far too simplistic to be entirely convincing. But, then, who wants these hapless blokes to end up badly?
The dialogues, penned by Faisal himself, are generally fresh, but the characters take a largely conventional route in reaching their goal. As a result, the second half of Qaidi Band lacks the power and sensitivity of the first. The climax, in particular, is dragged to snapping point. By the time we head to the exit when the end credits roll, the thoughts in our minds are rather mixed.
Faisal's social leanings come out best in the religious and racial mix that he creates within the eponymous band. While it gives the bonding between the members a special dimension, it also gives him the triggers needed to bring out the prejudices rampant in our society. In the sense that the prison at its heart is a microcosm of the nation itself, Qaidi Band is a film that deals a significant blow on behalf of the diversity of this nation even as it lays bare the narrow-mindedness of elements that want to wall themselves inside the ghetto of their identity.
Trailer of Qaidi Band:
Among the veterans in the cast, Sachin Pilgaonkar, playing the jail warden, makes the strongest impression. Ram Kapoor has a cameo as a lawyer who comes to the aid of the band in a situation that is entirely contrived.
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As their popularity grows through social media, they use their music to protest against jail authorities & the Indian judicial system. Eventually, hoping against hope, music becomes their only survival. But does it also set them free?
Using the songs of these band members, the film should have explored how these prisoners secure their release on the strength of their songs, and popularity.
Think about it: A frustrated group of innocent under-trials form a band and use their music as a way to vitalize the country and achieve freedom. If there was ever a story that seamlessly lent itself to the heightened Bollywood dichotomy of song and drama, this was it. I mean who doesn't want to see a harmless preppie rendition of sarkaari cops as bad guys and sad-eyed convicts as noble beings again? If Sanju (Aadar Jain) and Bindu (Anya Singh), along with a carefully handpicked group of ethnically diverse fugitives, can expose the nation's feeble Justice and Law system with all the conviction of Malabar Hill students tattling to their principals, what's not to like? Never mind that all of them deserve to be behind bars for participating in a recklessly researched tale like this. I could swear there were a Belarusian girl and a Manipuri lady in the band who disappeared midway through the film. Could each frame not handle so much culture?
There's such an elaborate plasticity to even the most basic emotions that it's hard not to imagine how detached from ground realities these creators are. Amateur band competitions with a top prize of INR 50 lakhs? In what alternate universe? Bollywood, of course. Under-trials suddenly sounding like an international Sufi band (Sainanis, it seems) once they are given branded equipment? YRF's Bollywood, of course.
An unlikely musical band is formed inside the high prison walls, first as a compulsion and it soon becomes an anthem for aazadi and self expression. Sanju, Bindu, Tatyana, Musky, Ogu, Rufi and Sange bond not just over music but also their stories of shared suffering and wrongful detention.
Unlike what the trailer told us, Qaidi Band is not a jail rock movie. Sure the band is integral to the plot, but Qaidi Band is more of a statement about the plight of under-trials serving time in jail, waiting for the court to either sentence them or set them free. But thanks to the number of cases in courts and not enough judges to work on them, many such under-trials spend months and even years in jail, sometimes for no fault of theirs. It is scary to even think how easy it is for a person to get imprisoned in our country, but highly impossible for him/her to be free. Especially if you are not rich. And that's one theme the movie addresses well. The first half is slow, but it does a decent job of familiarising us with this problem, as well as introducing us to the main characters.
The movie picks up pace when the band performs their first song (I am India), which is nicely choreographed. Speaking of the songs, Amit Trivedi has done a wonderful job with the score, with Hulchul being the pick of the lot. Habib Faisal is known to make grounded movies with a touch of humour. Qaidi Band is a serious movie, but you cannot miss out on the occasional dose of his comic flair here and there. Like the warden asking a popular band why they are called Middle Finger. Or a judge telling a bail applicant to use Vipassana to relax in jail.
Qaidi Band marks the debut of both Aadar Jain and Anya Singh and both are quite confident in their roles. Shorn of any glamour associated with the usual debutante launchpads, both rely on their skills to make an indelible impression on the viewers. Though his voice reminds you of his famous cousin Ranbir Kapoor, Aadar carves a unique identity for himself. But his character doesn't get enough scope to develop. On the other hand, Anya Singh gets more opportunities to shine and she makes full use of that with both her performance and body language. This is one newcomer to watch out for. In a role we don't usually see him in, Sachin Pilgaonkar is terrific as the corrupt jail warden. Among the band members, Mikhail Yawalkar stand out with a sincere performance. Couple of scenes involving him and his wife will touch you.
Qaidi Band has its heart in its right place, but the execution leaves a lot to the desired. Pacing issues aside, there are a lot of logic-less scenes in the movie that will make you ask how can such a thing happen in real life. Like for example, why can't the police give the band mics to perform, and how did that band sing loud enough to let the entire crowd hear over the din? The lack of logic seeps into the second half too. A popular band wants to jam with our Qaidi Band, but they are never seen during the real performance. The idea of performing in a rock festival is a good plot device, but the way the main characters try to reach there is silly to say the least (one minor character even points this out to them). For some unknown reason, the makers also had the idea of inserting a romance between the main leads and a forced kiss in these scenes, and they were quite jarring to watch. And less said about the absurd youth uprising against the police after the rock festival, the better! A more realistic handling would have worked wonders here. Also what's with the sudden disappearance of the foreign girl and the Nagaland chick from the band? Was it to give more focus on Anya's character?
The band continues to perform with immense reluctance under duress, and Faisal makes the point well that prisoners are always at the mercy of the law and order machinery. Despite their viral videos and the fame they enjoy outside the prison walls, little changes on the inside for the band members.
A group of prisoners decides to set up a band. When their news is spread on social media and they become popular, they decide to use their talent to demonstrate against the prison authorities and...Read more inhuman treatment.
A group of prisoners decides to set up a band. When their news is spread on social media and they become popular, they decide to use their talent to demonstrate against the prison...Read more authorities and inhuman treatment.
His latest, Qaidi Band, could have been a thrilling tale of undertrials brought together to form a band in jail for a social event. Stringing together a motley mix of young and old men and women, it could have given us what many of us shudder to think of the plight of some of these people who may be, wrongly or appropriately convicted of crime, and wait endlessly in jails waiting for justice to prevail.
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