"Boldest film ever"

2025

3h 25m

5.9(10 votes)

Drama

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Thriller

Overview

A criminal investigator uncovers a web of corruption during a missing person investigation, while a figure connected to the case reflects on the communal violence which broke out ahead of India's partition.

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Darshan Kumaar

Shiva Pandit

Anupam Kher

M.K. Gandhi

Saswata Chatterjee

Sardar Husseini

Pallavi Joshi

Maa Bharati

Saurav Das

Gopal Mukherjee

Mithun Chakraborty

Madman

Dibyendu Bhattacharya

Rajendar Lal Roychowdhary

Eklavya Sood

Amarjeet Arora

Simrat Kaur

Namashi Chakraborty

Creative team

Directed by: Vivek Agnihotri
Written by: Vivek Agnihotri
Saurabh M. Pandey
Produced by: Archana Agarwal
Pallavi Joshi

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