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Web series review: Bandish Bandits

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Image Courtesy - IMDb Bandish Bandits is an Indian television web series of 10 episodes, created by Anand Tiwari that focuses on Indian classical music.  I was fascinated with the name of the show. Many of us may not know - “Bandish” is a musical term for composition in the Hindustani music. The story conveys the beauty and power of the ragas when they are blended with pop music. A series marks the digital debut of composing trio - Shankar Ehsaan Loy . A tale is set at the backdrop of Rajasthan. Two die-hard musicians Tamanna (Shreya Chaudhry) and Radhe (Ritwik Bhowmik) join together, to create music. Both of them belong to a different world altogether, in terms of music, culture, and financial status. Image Courtesy - IMDb Radhe is someone who has his family’s musical tradition to protect and carry forward, while Tamanna is an ambitious and carrier-oriented pop star. Later on, they both fall in love and form a team called Bandish Bandits . Along with the soulful Indian classical music