Summary
A story based on real-life human-rights and criminal lawyer, Shahid Azmi, who was slain while defending the wrongly accused by the law in terrorist activities.
Good for
- Family movie night
- Friends night
- Teens
Where to watch
Not streaming in United States. Where it is:
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+12)
Critics 100Audiences 88GoodWatch 92
Tomatometer100%
Audience score93%
User score8.8
IMDb8.2
Box office
6.3×its budget
- Budget
- $970 K
- Worldwide
- $6 M
Worldwide it earned $5 M more than it cost.
Running time
2 h 9 min
Longer than most dramas, +20 min on the typical 109
typical 109129Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 2 countries, rent or buy in 2 more
Released
2013
October 18, 2013
13 years ago
Genres
DramaCrimeLanguage
Hindi
Original language
Made in
India
Rated
No age rating yet.
Yes: its content advisories are violence and strong language, and the viewing guide lists it for family nights.
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesStrong
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFamily Movie NightFriends NightIntergenerationalPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids.
and 4 moreDirecting · 1
- Hansal Mehta Director
Writing · 1
- Sameer Gautam Singh Story, Screenplay
Production · 11
- Arbind Alok Thakur Executive Producer
- Alok Thakur Executive Producer
- Anurag Kashyap Producer
- Guneet Monga Kapoor Producer
- Siddharth Roy Kapur Producer
- Shailesh R. Singh Producer
Camera · 1
- Anuj Dhawan Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Apurva Asrani Editor
Sound · 1
- Karan Kulkarni Original Music Composer
Art · 1
- Rabiul Sarkar Art Direction
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