The Bypass

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{{Infobox film

| name = The Bypass

| image = Thebypassfinal.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Screenshot from the film

| director = Amit Kumar

| producer = Asif Kapadia
Trevor Ingman

| writer = Amit Kumar

| starring = Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Sundar Dan Detha, Irrfan Khan

| music = Dario Marianelli

| cinematography = Rajeev Ravi

| editing =

| studio = FilmFour
UK Film Council

| distributor =

| released = {{Film date|2003|08||Edinburgh}}{{citation needed|date=November 2021}}

| runtime = 17 minutes

| country = India
United Kingdom

| language = Silent

| budget =

| gross =

}}

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.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}} The film was shown at the Edinburgh International Film Festival and Aubagne Film Festival.{{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}}{{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}}

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.{{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}} The director represents the thrill of "Bypass" through violence and aggression.