2026 | India | Fiction

Ustad Bantoo (Master Bantoo)

  • Hindi 127 mins
  • Director | Arsh Jain
  • Writer | Arsh Jain
  • Producer | Jyotsana Rajpurohit, Arsh Jain, Dhruv Solanki, Anshulika Dubey

STATUS: Released

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A modest trumpet player in a wedding band, Bantoo finds a new calling when he meets an inspiring street musician. Bantoo’s artistic rebirth, however, threatens to cut him off from reality. A warm, dreamlike psychodrama that charts the awakening of the creative spirit. The brass section of the Kirti Wedding Band in suburban Delhi, India, has a clear mandate: keep the energy up, stick to the repertoire, play second fiddle to the drummers and above all, look good. Not the place for experiment or invention, the band requires its performers to keep their heads down and play by the book. But when trumpeter Bantoo, once a reliable team player, is bitten by the art bug, he begins to march to a different beat.

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