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Summary
A government clerk on election duty in a conflict-ridden jungle of Central India tries his best to conduct free and fair voting despite the apathy of security forces and the looming fear of guerrilla attacks by communist rebels.
Good for
- Date night
- Friends night
- Teens
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Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+16)
Critics 94Audiences 78GoodWatch 85
Tomatometer94%
Audience score80%
IMDb7.6
Running time
1 h 46 min
A typical length for comedies, +6 min on the typical 100
typical 100106Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 6 countries, rent or buy in 93 more
Released
2017
September 22, 2017
9 years ago
Genres
ComedyDramaLanguage
Hindi
Original language
Made in
India
14 of 14
Rajkummar RaoNewton Kumar
Pankaj TripathiAatma Singh
Anjali PatilMalka
Raghubir YadavLoknath- MPMukesh PrajapatiShambhoo
Sanjay MishraElection Instructor
Krishna Singh BishtKrishna
Omkar Das ManikpuriLakhma
Danish HusainPolice DIG- PGPistak GondThe Village Patel
- RNRajman NetamAatma Singh's Translator
- SNShubham NetamShubham
- BPBachan PacheraNewton's Father
- KSKirti Shreeyansh JainNewton's Mother
Directing · 2
- Amit Masurkar Director, Screenplay
- Kanishka Singh Deo Second Assistant Director
Writing · 2
- Mayank Tewari Screenplay
- Varun Grover Lyricist
Production · 6
- Raghav Gupta Executive Producer
- Manish Mundra Producer
- Romil Modi Casting
- Tejas Girish Thakker Casting
- Shiladitya Bora Associate Producer
- Ganesh Shetty Line Producer
Camera · 1
- Swapnil S. Sonawane Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Shweta Venkat Mathew Editor
Sound · 8
- Naren Chandavarkar Original Music Composer
- Benedict Taylor Original Music Composer
- Rachita Arora Original Music Composer
- Niraj Gera Sound Designer
- Koteswara Rao S.V. Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Robinkkutty Sound Editor
Art · 1
- Angelica Monica Bhowmick Production Design
Costume & Make-Up · 1
- Sachin Lovalekar Costume Design
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