Review of B.A. Pass (2012) by Gary T — 16 Nov 2014

Wow.....wow....ummm just seen this movie 4 the 1st time n think that this is such a powerful movie 2 watch.....its got a good cast of actors/actresses throughout this movie.....I think that Happy Ranjit, Anula Navleker,Vijay Kaushik, Shadab Kamal, Dibyendu Bhattacharya, play good roles/parts throughout this movie.....I think that the director of this drama movie had done a great job of directing this movie because you never know what 2 expect throughout this movie......I think that this is such a really well written/acted/directed movie 2 watch......I think that this is such powerful drama movie 2 watch......

At the 2012 Osian's Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema, the film won the Best Film Award in the 'Indian competition' section, while debutante Shadab Kamal won the Best Actor award. Later at the 2012 Montreal World Film Festival the film was part of the 'First Films World Competition',where it was nominated for the Golden Zenith for the Best First Fiction Feature Film.

In January 2013, at the first South Asian Film Festival held in Paris it won The Prix Du Public (voted best film by the French Audience).

2014 Filmfare Awards: Best Actress (Critics) for B.A. Pass-Shilpa Shukla.

2014 Screen Awards: Best Actor in a Negative Role (Female) for B.A. Pass-Shilpa Shukla.

2014 Screen Awards: Screen Award for Best Story for B.A. Pass-Mohan Sikka.

The film was premiered at the 2012 Osian's Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema in Delhi, it was commercially released all over India on 2 August 2013.

There were some fantastic performances throughout this movie....

Scripting.

The screenplay was written by Ritesh Shah, based on a short story, The Railway Aunty by Mohan Sikka, published in 2009 anthology, Delhi Noir edited by Hirsh Sawhney.

Casting.

Director Ajay Bahl, had two choices for the lead role, Richa Chadda and Shilpa Shukla, whose work he had liked in Khamosh Pani. Shukla had recently done,Chak De. India, and he didn't want to go with a known face, so opted for Chaddha. However, when she was asked to act in Gangs of Wasseypur, he suggested that she do Anurag Kashyap's film, and opted for Shukla instead.

Filming.

The film was shot by director-cinematographer, Ajay Bahl in the bylanes of Paharganj, Barakhamba Road and Sarai Rohilla area of Delhi, and the principal photography which started in July 2011 in Delhi, after two months devoted to look test, was completed in January 2012.

Music.

Background score composed by Alokananda Dasgupta.

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