United Kingdom / Oct 10, 2015 / 59th BFI London Film Festival
1h 54min
Overall average
5.0/10
Trailer
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Plot
A sympathetic journalist covers the true story of Ramchandra Siras, an esteemed linguistic professor at Aligarh University who was suspended on charges of homosexuality.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| K.R. Parmeshwar | Prof. Sridharan |
| Nutan Surya | Anjali Gopalan |
| Suman Vaidya | Shadab Qureshi |
| Ashish Vidhyarthi | Vijay Grover |
| Prashant Kumar | Irfan |
| Nitin Goel | Adil |
| Sachin Parikh | Anuj |
| Barnali Medhi | Maggi D'Mello |
| Eisha Chopra | Sonali |
| Gita Guha | Vijay Grover's Assistant |
| Saptarishi | Nita Grewal's Assistant |
| Sanjay Math | A. K. Murtaza |
| Jagdish Chandra | Proctor Feroz Majid |
| Bhartendra Singh | Proctor Zuber Khan |
| Jaspal Sandhu | Judge |
| Raees Khan | Siras House Owner #2 |
| Sudesh Saini | Bansi Lal |
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| Harish Badola | Abhilash Tripathi |
| Naval Shukla | Prathmesh Sharma |
| Urmil Kumar Thapliyal | Mehmood Naqvi |
| Apurva Asrani | Karan Pai |
| Aditya Sharma | Medical Colony Reporter |
| Raziq Khan | Medical Colony Reporter #2 |
Genres
DramaHistory
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | अलीगढ़ |
| Original language | हिन्दी (HI) |
| Spoken languages | हिन्दी |
| Production countries | India |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Karma Pictures, Eros International |
| Release date | 26 febbraio 2016 |
| Executive producer | Alok Tripathi |
| Production | Jai Mehta, Shailesh R. Singh, Zafar Mehdi |
| Writer | Apurva Asrani, Ishani Banerjee |
| Editing | Apurva Asrani, Shijomon George |
| Cinematography | Satya Nagpaul, Rohit Sharma, Shashank Sahoo |
| Assistant directors | Ankur Maan, Jai Mehta, Asmit Pathare, Viral Varshani, Prerna Malick, Shadab Hasnain, Shivani Mukesh Vyas, Jai Bhattacharya, Hansal Mehta |
| Lighting | Prakash Naikare, Ramananda Sarkar |
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| Camera operators | Satya Nagpaul, Rohit Sharma, Shashank Sahoo |
| Additional photography | Satya Nagpaul, Rohit Sharma, Shashank Sahoo |
| Production design | Indranil Chowdhury, Payal Ghose |
| Art direction | Indranil Chowdhury, Payal Ghose |
| Set decoration | Indranil Chowdhury, Payal Ghose |
| Music | Karan Kulkarni, Mandar Kulkarni, Pranit Purao |
| Sound | Karan Kulkarni, Mandar Kulkarni, Pranit Purao |
| Costume design | Pia Benegal |
| Makeup | Pia Benegal |
| Hairstyling | Pia Benegal |
Release dates
Premiere
India / Oct 30, 2015 / 17th Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival
Theatrical release
India / Feb 26, 2016
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