Rajkummar Rao, Bhumi Pednekar’s Lockdown Drama ‘Bheed’ Presented in Black and White, Evoking 1947 Partition (EXCLUSIVE)

Anubhav Sinha’s upcoming social drama “Bheed,” starring Rajkummar Rao and Bhumi Pednekar, is a rarity in contemporary Indian cinema in that it is made completely in black and white. Images from the film, which is set during the 2020 Indian pandemic lockdown and tells the hard-hitting story of migrant workers stranded without basic necessities while trying to go home to their villages, are deliberately evocative of the 1947 partition of the Indian subcontinent into India and Pakistan and people were uprooted from their homes in the largest migration in history. Sinha said: ” ‘Bheed’ is a story of the most… Read Full Article