The film had its world premiere at the 20th Busan International Film Festival, receiving a standing ovation. The film was released worldwide on 26 February 2016 to unanimous critical acclaim. Manoj Bajpai won the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award for his potrayal of Dr Shrinivas Ramchandra Siras.
Plot:
Set in a city of Uttar Pradesh and based on true events, the plot revolves around Dr Shrinivas Ramchandra Siras who taught Marathi at Aligarh Muslim University. He was sacked from his position of Reader and Chair of Modern Indian Languages, on charges of homosexuality. A sting operation was conducted by a TV channel which showed him in an embrace with a rickshaw puller, at his house inside the campus.
Cast:
- Manoj Bajpai
- Rajkummar Rao
- Ashish Vidyarthi
- Ishwak Singh
- Nutan Surya
- Divya Unny
- Suman Vaidya
- Devyansh Agnihotri
- Saptrishi Ghosh
Production:
The movie was shot in various parts of Uttar Pradesh including Aligarh, Gorakhpur, Agra, Bareilly and Greater Noida (C-Block; Sector - Gamma 1). Wherein Greater Noida a small indoor sequence was shot for 3–4 days by Raj Kumar Rao.
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