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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = The Bypass<br />
| image = Thebypassfinal.jpg<br />
| alt = <br />
| caption = Screenshot from the film<br />
| director = [[Amit Kumar (singer)|Amit Kumar]]<br />
| producer = [[Asif Kapadia]] and Trevor Ingman<br />
| writer = Amit Kumar<br />
| starring = [[Nawazuddin Siddiqui]], Sundar Dan Detha, [[Irrfan Khan]]<br />
| music = [[Dario Marianelli]]<br />
| cinematography = [[Rajeev Ravi]] <br />
| editing = <br />
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| released = {{Film date|2003|08||Edinburgh|ref1=<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.republicworld.com/entertainment-news/bollywood-news/all-you-need-to-know-about-irrfan-khans-short-film-the-bypass.html|title=Irrfan Khan's Short Film 'The Bypass': Here's All You Need To Know About The Movie|work=Republicworld.com|first=Krupa|last=Trivedi|date=12 May 2020|access-date=9 July 2020}}</ref>}}<br />
| runtime = 17 minutes<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Silent<br />
| budget = <br />
| gross = <!--(please use condensed and rounded values, e.g. "£11.6 million" not "£11,586,221")--><br />
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'''''The Bypass''''' is a 2003 short silent Bollywood film with actors [[Nawazuddin Siddiqui]], [[Irrfan Khan|Irfan Khan]] and Sundar Dan Detha. The film was written and directed by Amit Kumar. The Bypass was filmed on a stranded road somewhere in Rajasthan, India.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCRBY9ss-58</ref> The film was shown at the Edinburgh International Film Festival and Aubagne Film Festival.<br />
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== Plot ==<br />
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 (singer)|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.<ref>http://www.studymode.com/essays/Movie-Review-On-The-Short-Film-892061.html</ref> The director represents the thrill of "Bypass" through violence and aggression.<br />
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== Cast==<br />
* [[Nawazuddin Siddiqui]] - 1st Mugger<br />
*Sundar Dan Detha - 2nd Mugger<br />
* [[Irrfan Khan]] - Corrupt Policeman <br />
* Manorama Goswami - Kidnapped Girl<br />
* Kasturi Kasturi - Woman in the Jeep<br />
* Karuna Pandey - Woman in Car<br />
* Ashwin Chaddha- Man in Car<br />
* Kalyan Singh- Jeep Driver<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{IMDB title|0397941}}<br />
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