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Kahaani

Kahaani

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Kahaani

"A mother of a story."

2012

2h 2m

7.2(359 votes)

Mystery

Thriller

Overview

Pregnant and alone in the city of Kolkata, a woman begins a relentless search for her missing husband, only to find that nothing is what it seems.

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Production Companies

Viacom18 Studios

Pen Studios

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Vidya Balan

Vidya Balan

Vidya Bagchi

Parambrata Chatterjee

Parambrata Chatterjee

ASI Satyoki "Rana" Sinha

Nawazuddin Siddiqui

Nawazuddin Siddiqui

A. Khan

Saswata Chatterjee

Saswata Chatterjee

Bob Biswas

Kharaj Mukherjee

Kharaj Mukherjee

Sub-Inspector Chatterjee

Dhritiman Chatterjee

Dhritiman Chatterjee

K. Bhaskaran

Darshan Jariwala

Darshan Jariwala

Retd. Colonel Bajpai

Indraneil Sengupta

Indraneil Sengupta

Arnab Bagchi / Milan Damji

Abir Chatterjee

Abir Chatterjee

Major Arup Basu

Shantilal Mukherjee

Shantilal Mukherjee

R. Shridhar

Creative team

Directed by: Sujoy Ghosh
Written by: Advaita Kala
Sujoy Ghosh
Produced by: Sujoy Ghosh
Kushal Kantilal Gada

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