Beeba Boys

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Beeba Boys is a Canadian gang drama written and directed by Deepa Mehta (Midnight’s Children). The film was shot in Vancouver and Toronto and premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. It stars Randeep Hooda, Ali Momen, Sarah Allen, Waris Ahluwalia, and Ali Kazmi.

Deepa Mehta mixes guns, bhangra beats, bespoke suits, cocaine, and betrayal in Beeba Boys: a ferocious, adrenaline-charged Indo Canadian gang war, and a violent clash of culture and crime. Gang leader Jeet Johar and his young, loyal, and often-brutal crew dress like peacocks, love attention, and openly compete with an old style Indo crime syndicate to take over the Vancouver drug and arms scene. Blood is spilled, hearts are broken, and family bonds shattered as the Beeba Boys (“Good Boys”) do anything ”to be seen and to be feared” in a white world.

“Beeba Boys takes the gangster genre and flips it on its head,” explains Metha. “This kind of genre subversion gives an audience a familiar entrance into foreign material. We see the marginalized, if not ignored, Indo Canadian community (often portrayed as meek, secondary, and soft-spoken) fighting violently in the streets and media for identity. For respect. For attention. “To commit to be seen”.

Beeba Boys is rated 14A.