Overview
- ZEE5 announced that Bandar will premiere exclusively on the platform on August 28, 2026, making the film widely available after a limited theatrical run.
- The film follows a man whose life is upended by a sexual-assault accusation and shifts away from courtroom resolution to depict undertrial prison conditions, social-media judgement and systemic inertia.
- Director Anurag Kashyap and lead actor Bobby Deol have framed the movie as an exploration of difficult, grey-area questions about male victimhood rather than a definitive statement about the #MeToo movement.
- Bandar premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and opened in Indian theatres on June 5, 2026, where critical and public reaction was divided and the film earned only modest box-office receipts in its limited run.
- The ZEE5 launch is likely to widen the film’s audience and bring the contested '#MeTooForMen' framing back into public conversation on news outlets and social platforms, with renewed debate over false-accusation narratives and how media and institutions handle such cases.