Gandu

Gandu

Year: 2010

Runtime: 85 mins

Language: Bengali, Bangla

Drama

The Loser After Nihilistic rapper Gandu steals from his mother’s lover, he embarks on a drug-fueled rampage with a rickshaw puller.

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Timeline & Setting – Gandu (2010)

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Location

Kolkata, India

Kolkata serves as the film's dense, working-class backdrop. The city’s crowded streets, rickshaw culture, and local internet cafés frame Gandu's world of poverty, art, and small scams. Its gritty, chaotic atmosphere amplifies Gandu's loneliness and sense of rebellion against social norms.

🌆 Kolkata setting 🗺️ Urban life 🎭 Drama

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Main Characters – Gandu (2010)

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Gandu

A frustrated teenager and aspiring rapper who roams Kolkata's streets. Loneliness and mockery define his social world, and his thefts fund drugs as he searches for identity, sex, and meaning in a harsh urban landscape.

🎤 Rap culture 🕶️ Outsider 💊 Drug use

Ricksha

A cycle rickshaw driver who initially confronts Gandu with a slap and a strange show of kung fu. He becomes Gandu's uneasy ally in the night, guiding him through the film's darker detours and encouraging escape from danger.

🚲 Cycle life 🗺️ Guide 🌙 Nightlife

Gandu's mother

The family matriarch who sustains the household through her relationship with Dasbabu. She both hides Gandu's misdeeds and occasionally shows complicity, highlighting fraught maternal bonds and a struggle to protect her child.

👩‍👦 Family 💔 Complex relationships 🕳️ Secrets

Dasbabu

The lover of Gandu's mother and operator of an Internet Café, a figure of desire and exploitation in Gandu's world. His presence underpins the dynamics of money, drugs, and illicit activity in the story.

💼 Exploitation 🗝️ Hidden agendas 🖥️ Internet Café

Kaali / The Hooker / Girl in the café

An unnamed hooker who shares a charged encounter with Gandu; the scene is surreal and unforgettable, with her meowing and cryptic whisper that hints at mischief and fantasy within the urban wild.

🌙 Nightlife 💄 Street sexuality 🐾 Meow motif

Director Q

The film’s creator intrudes into Gandu's world during a meta-scene, reminding the audience of the movie's constructed nature. The director's presence reframes events as cinematic rather than purely personal experience.

🎬 Filmmaking 🧭 Meta-narrative 🧠 Self-awareness

Last Updated: November 22, 2025 at 15:39

Major Themes – Gandu (2010)

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🪞 Identity

Gandu exists on the edge of belonging, mocked as an 'Egghead Gandu' and navigating a fractured sense of self. His routines—stealing, rapping, seeking connection—reveal a quest for identity in a city that offers few mirrors. The film constantly unsettles who the protagonist is, and what he wants from life.

💊 Addiction

Drug use and intoxicating experiences occupy Gandu's world, from stealing money to buy drugs to a hallucinogenic Dhatura trip with Ricksha. The cycle of craving, indulgence, and consequence drives his choices and mood. The depiction foregrounds addiction as both personal escape and social survival in an urban environment.

🎬 Meta-film

A meta-narrative interrupts the story when the director enters Gandu's world, reminding viewers of the movie's constructed nature. The line between character and creator blurs as Gandu is told he is part of a movie. This self-awareness reframes the violence, desire, and dreams as cinematic constructs.

Last Updated: November 22, 2025 at 15:39

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