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Q&A with Bollywood Actor Riteish Deshmukh on Bangistan

Riteish Deshmukh talks about his latest film Bangistan.

Billed as a whip smart and uproarious satire on fundamentalism, Bangistan releases on 31st July 2015.

Bangistan

Q: Tell us about Bangistan?

A: Bangistan is basically a comedy satire about two terrorists that are on a mission to save the world. They are brainwashed by local religious rag-tags and sent on a mission to disrupt the world peace conference taking place in Krakow, Poland. On this journey they realize the futility of religious divide, and come out as Heroes.

 

I play a Muslim from North Bangistan called Hafeez bin Ali, an introspective young man who has been brought up with an ultra-conservative Muslim background, where he works unhappily at a makeshift call center. He is frustrated by the stereotyping of Muslims throughout the world, and is a passive member of Al-Kaam Tamaam, a ragtag Islamic terror group of young Muslims, headed by the wily Abba Jaan. For this mission, Hafeez takes on a masked identity as a Hindu and trains for it accordingly.

 

As a country Bangistan is unique and fictitious, but the topic and the issues are real; it has a strong underlying message highlighting the futility of violence, religious divisions, cultural prejudice.

 

Riteish-Deshmukh-in-Bangistan

Q: What kind of comedy can we expect?

A: There are a lot of satirical jokes in the film as well as many spoofs. For example, ‘Star*sucks Coffee’ is there instead of Starbucks Coffee.  ‘Keep Calm, I Am Not A Terrorist’ T-shirts are also present and  McDonalds is replaced with “FcDonalds-Killer Fast Food”, and the statue of Mcdonald is replaced with that of a terrorist.

 

Q: Who will this film appeal to most?

A: I think it will have universal appeal perhaps with a bias towards the youth or millennial audience or more vocal.

 

Q:  What is the secret of delivering a great comedy performance?

A: I think that if you rehearse your comedy too much, then your performance will appear robotic and over practiced. So I think its better to just go with the flow and see how the situation is and act accordingly.

 

Q: Why should we all go watch Bangistan?

A: If you want to have some laugh at loud moments that at the same time make you think about the anarchy in the world then Bangistan is for you!

 Satirical Rap Battle from Bangistan

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