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The sound of trumpets will now be heard in Seattle. Ustad Bantoo has been officially selected at the Tasveer Film Festival. 

We will be screening in Seattle next on October 13 7:15 PM

Get your tickets on the @tasveerorg website🎺🎺
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A simple question “Do you wanna watch Ustad Bantoo?” 
No details, No information and 430 people said yes.

Distributing a film independently feels like a wild thought and it is until you realise how many people are actually willing to show up for it.

Ustaad Bantoo will be coming to 100 screens, all through independent film clubs.

jaldi se waitlist bhar do, link is in the bio🎺
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Bantoo’s music has officially reached the North American continent as part of the Chicago South Asian Film Festival @csaffestival 

We’re delighted to announce we’ll have our North American Premiere on 19th September, 10 PM at AMC River East 21

Ticket link in bio🎺
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Not a lot of words required. Introducing Kashi Kumar Dubey (@kashitalkies) as Bantoo.
 

We want to do a 100 community screenings across India in places where you want us to reach. Go to our bio, fill the form and pre-book a spot in your city’s first screening.

Add yourself to our waitlist!

World premiere at @iffr 2026
WIP Lab @wavesfilmbazaarindia 2025

Song: Na Tum Hamen Jano - Hemant Kumar
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Dutch vutch

RotterDham ki yatra ke kuch pal.
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When was the last time you gave a round of applause to a wedding band?

Trouble recalling? Well most of us will do.

What really stops us from doing so?

A short glimpse into the “Band ki Duniya”, more of which you’ll see in our film Ustad Bantoo.

Soon in screens near you!
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Ustad Bantoo IFFR (late) recap
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Ustad Bantoo (June 2024 - Till this story lives)

The only way I can describe this film is one big butterfly effect. I would have never been able to meet the talent I met through this film, it was humbling to see what people in this team were capable of.

This film changed me, troubled me, taught me, inspired me, empowered me and made me insecure. I’m not the same person I was before this, it will always hold a very special place in my life.

The Indian wedding band musicians have changed the way I look at art forever. It’s a world filled with some hidden gems of artists.🎺

Our film is not perfect, yes we should reshoot a lot of scenes, yes there are camera shakes, abrupt focus shifts, sound disturbance, accent slips and a 1000 other imperfections. But I happily accept it as part of this film, it’s a part of the form now, it is part of the art. Every creation has a very crucial element which makes it what it is, something we always shy away from - “circumstances”. At that time, in that moment and in those circumstances, everyone on of us made the best use of our instinct (kalaa) and craft (kaarigari). That is what we were worth at that time, that was what we could do with our skills. We have learnt a lot from the process and I’m sure we will avoid a lot of mistakes if we do this whole thing again, that however would mean that we don’t accept ourselves for who we are. We’re trying to portray a more glorified image of ourselves than what we actually are and this goes agaisnt the central idea of this story. This film is all about accepting yourself for who you are, this film is for everyone. IFFR world premiere. An interview with a Rotterdam based Indian diaspora community.
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Ustad Bantoo marked the official beginning of its journey at the prestigious International Film Festival of Rotterdam. 

It was exciting and humbling at the same time to be amongst a lineup of some extremely talented filmmakers across the world.

For us it was an absolute honour to present the story of Indian wedding bands on a global platform. The people of Rotterdam who probably might have never seen an Indian wedidng band before got to see a glimpse of this world through the eyes of Bantoo. 

We hope Bantoo’s story stays alive in their conversations and in their minds🎺

Thank you @iffr for providing us this platform, Bantoo’s journey couldn’t have had a better start
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🎥🎞️⏬
We found footage.
We found Shoaib.
And somewhere between shaky frames, ‘jai bhole’ rants, and unsettling angles—we found a film.

Carburettor is alive.
A police station, a city, a montage, a drama.
Music, color, sound, art—not elements, but characters.

If your craft has a pulse and your vision resonates with ours, come help us finish what we started.

🎧🎨🎥
Sound | Music | Color | VFX | Design | Anything creative

🔗 Fill the form. Let’s build this world together.
(Link in bio)

#carburettor #filmmakers #music #crewcall #filmcrew
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We’re proud to announce that Ustad Bantoo (Master Bantoo) is one of only 14 films to be nominated for the NETPAC Award at the International Film Festival of Rotterdam 2026.

NETPAC is annually awarded to a feature film from the  Asia and Pacific regions by a jury from the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema considering directors’ first and second features only, with European, International or World premiere status at IFFR.

We’d like to thank IFFR and the NETPAC jury for recognizing and considering our story.
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