{{about|the 2003 film|similarly named topics|bypass (disambiguation)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}} {{Use Indian English|date=March 2018}} {{Infobox film | name = The Bypass | image = Thebypassfinal.jpg | alt = | caption = Screenshot from the film | director = Amit Kumar | producer = Asif Kapadia <br />Trevor Ingman | writer = Amit Kumar | starring = Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Sundar Dan Detha, Irrfan Khan | music = Dario Marianelli | cinematography = Rajeev Ravi | editing = | studio = FilmFour<br>UK Film Council | distributor = <!-- or: | distributors = --> | released = {{Film date|2003|08||Edinburgh}}{{citation needed|date=November 2021}} | runtime = 17 minutes | country = India<br />United Kingdom | language = Silent | budget = | gross = <!--(please use condensed and rounded values, e.g. "£11.6 million" not "£11,586,221")--> }} '''''The Bypass''''' is a 2003 Indian-British short silent crime film written and directed by Amit Kumar starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Irfan Khan and Sundar Dan Detha. The Bypass was filmed on a stranded road somewhere in Rajasthan, India.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211210/NCRBY9ss-58 Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20120611084751/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCRBY9ss-58&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite AV media| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCRBY9ss-58| title = Irrfan & Nawazuddin Siddiqui in 'Bypass' (2003) | website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The film was shown at the Edinburgh International Film Festival and Aubagne Film Festival.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetalentedindian.com/when-the-acting-skills-resound-in-the-wordless-film-the-bypass/|title=When The Acting Skills Resound In The Wordless Film: 'The Bypass'|first=Trisha|last=Tewari|date=16 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/entertainment/bollywood/irrfan-khan-nawazuddin-siddiquis-the-bypass-to-be-screened-at-bandra-film-festival|title=Irrfan Khan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui's 'The Bypass' to be screened at Bandra Film Festival|website=Free Press Journal}}</ref>
== Plot == The film is about two friends who stay by the stranded road "Bypass" and a corrupt police officer. The two friends frequently mug and ultimately kill the people who travel by the road. Amit Kumar starts the film by showing a couple traveling by the road, and then Nawazuddin Siddiqui stops the car by throwing a rock. The two friends then steal money and graphically kill the pair. Irrfan Khan's role as a corrupt police officer is established when he takes a watch by cutting the wrist of a dead man, then rapes a lady and tries to kill the two muggers for the money they had. However, the dumb mugger attacks the police officer and kills him. The woman is let gone off. What happens next is a suspense itself. <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.studymode.com/essays/Movie-Review-On-The-Short-Film-892061.html|title=Movie Review on the Short Film Bypass - 579 Words | Studymode}}</ref> The director represents the thrill of "Bypass" through violence and aggression.
== Cast== * Nawazuddin Siddiqui - 1st Mugger *Sundar Dan Detha - 2nd Mugger * Irrfan Khan - Corrupt Policeman * Manorama Goswami - Kidnapped Girl * Kasturi Kasturi - Woman in the Jeep * Karuna Pandey - Woman in Car * Ashwin Chaddha- Man in Car * Kalyan Singh- Jeep Driver
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==External links== *{{IMDb title|0397941}}
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