A Death in the Gunj

A Death In The Gunj
Directed byKonkona Sen Sharma
Screenplay byKonkona Sen Sharma
Disha Rindani
Story byMukul Sharma
Produced byAshish Bhatnagar
Vijay Kumar Swami
Raagii Bhatnagar
Honey Trehan
Abhishek Chaubey
Neil Patel (co-producer)
StarringVikrant Massey
Kalki Koechlin
Ranvir Shorey
Tillotama Shome
Gulshan Devaiah
Jim Sarbh
Om Puri
Tanuja
CinematographySirsha Ray
Edited byAarif Sheikh
Manas Mittal
Music bySagar Desai
Production
companies
MacGuffin Pictures
Studioz IDrream
Moh Maya Films (presenter)
Release dates
  • 10 September 2016 (2016-09-10) (Toronto)
  • 2 June 2017 (2017-06-02)
Running time
107 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageEnglish
Box office13.7 million[1]

A Death In The Gunj is a 2016 Indian English-language drama film written and directed by Konkona Sen Sharma.[2][3] The film features an ensemble cast of Vikrant Massey, Tillotama Shome, Om Puri, Tanuja, Gulshan Devaiah, Kalki Koechlin, Jim Sarbh and Ranvir Shorey.[4]

The film has been produced by Ashish Bhatnagar, Vijay Kumar Swami, Raagii Bhatnagar, Abhishek Chaubey, and Honey Trehan under the banners of Studioz IDrream and MacGuffin Pictures. It is Sen Sharma's directorial debut feature.[5][6][7] Principal photography began in February 2016 and was completed in March 2016 after a six-week shoot in McCluskieganj, Jharkhand.[8]

The film released on 2 June 2017 and received eight nominations at the 63rd Filmfare Awards, including Best Film (Critics), Best Actor (Critics) for Massey, Best Supporting Actress for Tillotama Shome, and it won the Filmfare Award for Best Debut Director for Konkona Sen Sharma.

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