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Shanghai

Shanghai

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Shanghai

2012

2h 0m

6.8(58 votes)

Thriller

Crime

Mystery

Overview

Prime leader of a campaign against a big government project is killed in what appears to be a road accident. An IAS officer is ordered to probe the incident and the veils of falsehood begin to drop.

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Amazon Prime Video

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Links & Resources

Social & External

Production Companies

PVR Inox Pictures

Dibakar Banerjee Productions

National Film Development Corporation of India

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Abhay Deol

Abhay Deol

T. A. Krishnan

Emraan Hashmi

Emraan Hashmi

Joginder Parmar

Kalki Koechlin

Kalki Koechlin

Shalini Sahay

Prosenjit Chatterjee

Prosenjit Chatterjee

Dr. Ahmad

Supriya Pathak

Supriya Pathak

Chief Minister Madamji

Pitobash

Pitobash

Bhagu

Farooq Shaikh

Farooq Shaikh

Principal Secretary Kaul

Tillotama Shome

Tillotama Shome

Mrs. Aruna Ahmedi

Chinmay Mandlekar

Chinmay Mandlekar

SSP Chavan

Anant Jog

Anant Jog

Truck Driver Jaggu

Creative team

Directed by: Dibakar Banerjee
Written by: Urmi Juvekar
Dibakar Banerjee
Produced by: Dibakar Banerjee
Sanjeev K Bijli

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