Bandar trailer: Anurag Kashyap defends wrongly accused men in this Bobby Deol film

WATCH | Bandar trailer starring Bobby Deol

Another scene in the trailer shows him being interrogated by the police as they go through his private messages, and accuse him of asking for nude pictures from younger women, and blackmailing them. Samar labels the woman as a “stalker” but it looks like he ends up in jail anyway. One of the captions used in the trailer says, “Justice swipes left” suggesting that this is the story of a man who was rejected by the justice system. He keeps repeating, “I am innocent” in front of his lawyer, played by Sanya Malhotra. Saba Azad plays one of his love interests in the film, which claims to be based on “true events.”

Bandar has been written by Sudip Sharma and Abhishek Banerjee. Alongside Anurag, co-director Sakshi Mehta Lau has been credited in the film. Bandar releases in theatres on June 5.

In 2025, Bandar was a part of the Special Presentations section of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). In an earlier chat with SCREEN, Bobby said that he was keen to work with Anurag. “I knew I would learn so much from him as an actor. I was out of my comfort zone. There was no workshop. He did not even give a script,” he said.

Bobby started working on Bandar after the success of Animal and tried to dissect his own formula, so he could understand what the audience liked about him in Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s film. “I wondered what I did differently in Animal that people look at me differently. I rewatched Animal. Still, I did not find the answer. I hardly slept for an hour and the next day shot for 12 hours. However, once I was on the set everything flowed smoothly,” he said.