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Summary
Ajay Dixit, an ordinary history teacher in a high school, enjoys mini celebrityhood in his town courtesy of the fake image he has built. He shares a strained relationship with his newly-wed wife.
Good for
- Date night
- Friends night
- Teens
Skip it if
- You want fast pacing
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Audiences like it more than critics (+48)
Critics 21Audiences 69GoodWatch 44
Tomatometer21%
Audience score71%
IMDb6.6
Running time
2 h 17 min
Longer than most dramas, +28 min on the typical 109
typical 109137Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 3 countries, rent or buy in 101 more
Released
2023
July 21, 2023
3 years ago
Genres
DramaRomanceActionHistoryLanguage
Hindi
Original language
Made in
- India
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceMild
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesModerate
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFriends NightPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 6 more14 people
- Varun DhawanAjay Dixit
- Janhvi KapoorNisha
- Manoj PahwaAjju's Father
- Anjuman SaxenaAjju's Mother
- Prateek PachoriBipin
- VTVarun TamtaNisha's Father
- Aparna GhoshalNisha's Mother
- SVShashie VermaaPrincipal
- AMAgrim MittalPapon
- GJGunjan JoshiPandey
- Mukesh TiwariMLA
- Mariusz KrzemińskiAirBnB Owner
- RTRichard TateWW2 Survivor
Hemang VyasKalpesh
Directing · 1
- Nitesh Tiwari Director, Writer
Writing · 8
- Nikhil Mehrotra Writer
- Piyush Gupta Writer
- Shreyas Jain Writer
- Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari Story, Co-Producer
- Kausar Munir Lyricist
- Manoj Muntashir Lyricist
Production · 5
- Ajay Rai Executive Producer
- Kavan J. Ahalpara Executive Producer
- Shashikant Sinha Executive Producer
- Sajid Nadiadwala Producer
- Mukesh Chhabra Casting Director
Camera · 1
- Mitesh Mirchandani Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Charu Shree Roy Editor
Sound · 6
- Daniel B George Original Music Composer
- Tanishk Bagchi Music
- Mithoon Sharma Music
- Akashdeep Sengupta Music
- Allwin Rego Sound Designer
- Sanjay Maurya Sound Designer
Art · 1
- Aditya Kanwar Production Design
Costume & Make-Up · 1
- Maxima Basu Costume Designer
Other crew · 5
- Tomasz Lewandowski Stunt Coordinator
- Stefan Richter Stunts
- Bosco Martis Choreographer
- Szymon Kukla Stunts
- Caesar Gonsalves Choreographer
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