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Bandini ( Hindi: बन्दिनी, Urdu: بندِنی, translation: Imprisoned) is a 1963 Hindi drama film directed and produced by Bimal Roy, the man who directed classics like Do Bigha Zameen and Devdas. Bandini stars Nutan giving one of the finest performances of her career, along with Ashok Kumar and Dharmendra as leads, and explores the human conflicts of love and hate intertwined in the mind of Kalyani ( Nutan).The lead female role was offered to one of Roy's favourite actress Vyjayanthimala who earlier worked with Roy in Devdas and Madhumati. However due to her busy schedule she refused the role which later went to Nutan, who had worked with Roy in Sujata (1959). The movie tells the story of a woman prisoner serving life imprisonment for murder, Kalyani, the all suffering, selfless, sacrificing, and strong yet weak Indian woman. She must make a choice between two very different men, Devendra (Dharmendra), the loving prison doctor, and Bikash (Ashok Kumar), a man from her past.
The film is based on a Bengali novel Tamasi by Jarasandha (Charu Chandra Chakrabarti), a former jail superintendent who spent much of his career as a jailor in Northern Bengal, and wrote many fictional versions of his experiences.
Bandini was the tenth highest grosser of the year and was declared a 'Semi Hit' at the Indian Box Office, though it received not just critical acclaim but also swept that year's Filmfare Awards, winning six awards in all including the top awards of Best Film and Best Director, as well as Best Actress, and is still considered a landmark movie of the 1960s, especially being last feature film as a director of Bimal Roy, a master of realism.
Bandini as a surname may refer to:
- Angelo Maria Bandini (1726–1803), Italian author and librarian
- Arcadia Bandini de Stearns Baker (1825–1912), heiress and daughter of early Californian Juan Bandini
- Domenico Bandini of Arezzo (c. 1335 – 1418), author of Fons memorabilium universi
- Helen Elliott Bandini, American (California) writer, primarily of history
- Ilario Bandini (1911-1992), Italian businessman, racing driver, and founder of Bandini Automobili (see below)
- Juan Bandini (1800–1859), politician and early settler of San Diego, California
- Lorenzo Bandini (1935-1967), Italian motorcar racing driver
- Monica Bandini (born 1964), Italian road racing cyclist
Bandini may also refer to:
- Arturo Bandini, the best known main character and alter ego of John Fante
- Arturo Bandini, a studio album recorded by Züri West in 1991
- Bandini Automobili, an Italian automobile manufacturer from 1946 to 1992, named for its founder, Ilario Bandini
- Bandini (film), a 1963 Indian film directed and produced by Bimal Roy, starring Nutan and Ashok Kumar
- Bandini (TV series), an Indian television soap by Ekta Kapoor
- A type of tankini
- Bandini, Iran, a village in Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran
Bandini (English: Imprisoned Female) was an Indian soap opera produced by Ekta Kapoor of Balaji Telefilms. The show aired Monday to Friday evenings. It starred Ronit Roy and Aasiya Kazi and was set against the backdrop of Gujarat in Dharampur a village near Surat in Gujarat. The show premiered on 19 January 2009 on NDTV Imagine. From 28 September, 2015 the show re-runs on Zee Anmol.
Usage examples of "bandini".
Then he went on, with a touch of passion: "That Bandini is with another Mexicana young mana very fine-looking young Mexican.
A door opened, with a sudden bang, and Jose Bandini stood on the kitchen threshold.
The fingers of the right hand of Bandini made a sudden movement which could hardly be followed.
The glance of Bandini lifted to the small gray tufts, like incipient horns, high above the temples of Silvertip.
Suddenly Bandini turned white, and shouted: "Have you come here to insult me?
Then he stepped behind Bandini into the darkness, and pulled the door shut behind him.
There was only starlight here, and the stars were dim lanterns by which to follow the movements of Bandini.
No matter what fear there was in Bandini, he exclaimed suddenly: "Is every man to tell you his secretsor be murdered?
But if you're neither in the street nor out of town, I'm going to start looking for you, Bandini, and I'll break down doors until I get at you.
As Silvertip entered in turn, the farther door banged behind Bandini, and Silver stepped into a strained moment of silence in the kitchen.
For Bandini was near, and Bandini would kill him by courage or by craft, if possible.
One glance showed him that Bandini was not there, in the long irregular line of noisy drinkers.
That flash showed Silvertip not the face of Bandini, but a dark-skinned, handsome youth.
He rounded to the rear of the restaurant of Martinelli, and through a side door carried the dead man straight into the small room where, only a few minutes before, this youth and Bandini had been at dinner.
I seen Bandini go and take off his cloak and put it around the shoulders of this dead kid.