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Summary
A sympathetic journalist covers the true story of Ramchandra Siras, an esteemed linguistic professor at Aligarh University who was suspended on charges of homosexuality.
Good for
- Friends night
- Thought-provoking
- Adults
Skip it if
- You want fast pacing
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+19)
Critics 100Audiences 81GoodWatch 88
Tomatometer100%
Audience score85%
IMDb7.7
Running time
1 h 54 min
A typical length for dramas, +5 min on the typical 109
typical 109114Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 64 countries, rent or buy in 31 more
+54Released
2016
February 26, 2016
10 years ago
Genres
DramaHistoryLanguage
Hindi
Original language
Made in
- India
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceLittle or none
- 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
AdultsFriends NightPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 9 more30 people
- Manoj BajpayeeProfessor Siras
- Rajkummar RaoDeepu Sebastian
- Ishwak SinghArvind Narayan
- Dilnaz IraniNamita
- SASukhesh AroraTahir Islam
- Balaji GauriNita Grewal
- Sumit GulatiTashi
- KPK.R. ParmeshwarProf. Sridharan
- NSNutan SuryaAnjali Gopalan
- SVSuman VaidyaShadab Qureshi
- Ashish VidhyarthiVijay Grover
- PKPrashant KumarIrfan
- Nitin GoelAdil
Sachin ParikhAnuj- BMBarnali MedhiMaggi D'Mello
Eisha ChopraSonali
Gita GuhaVijay Grover's Assistant- SSaptarishiNita Grewal's Assistant
- SMSanjay MathA. K. Murtaza
- JCJagdish ChandraProctor Feroz Majid
- BSBhartendra SinghProctor Zuber Khan
- JSJaspal SandhuJudge
- RKRaees KhanSiras House Owner #2
- SSSudesh SainiBansi Lal
Directing · 9
- Hansal Mehta Director
- Asmit Pathare First Assistant Director
- Ankur Maan Assistant Director
- Jai Bhattacharya Third Assistant Director
- Jai Mehta Assistant Director, Associate Producer
- Shivani Mukesh Vyas Third Assistant Director
Writing · 2
- Apurva Asrani Adaptation, Screenplay, Editor
- Ishani Banerjee Original Story, Researcher, Additional Writing
Production · 4
- Alok Tripathi Executive Producer
- Shailesh R. Singh Producer
- Aftab Qureshi Production Assistant
- Zafar Mehdi Line Producer
Camera · 3
- Satya Nagpaul Director of Photography
- Shashank Sahoo Focus Puller
- Rohit Sharma Still Photographer
Editing · 1
- Shijomon George Dialogue Editor
Sound · 3
- Karan Kulkarni Music
- Mandar Kulkarni Sound Designer
- Pranit Purao Sound Editor
Art · 2
- Indranil Chowdhury Production Design
- Payal Ghose Set Dresser
Costume & Make-Up · 1
- Pia Benegal Costume Design
Lighting · 2
- Ramananda Sarkar Lighting Production Assistant
- Prakash Naikare Gaffer
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