Section 375

Section 375
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAjay Bahl
Written byManish Gupta
Ajay Bahl
Produced byKumar Mangat Pathak
Abhishek Pathak
Starring
CinematographySudhir K. Chaudhary
Edited byPraveen Angre
Music byClinton Cerejo
Production
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Distributed by
Release date
  • 13 September 2019 (2019-09-13)
Running time
124 minutes[2]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Box officeest. ₹12.35 crore[3]

Section 375: Marzi Ya Zabardasti? (transl. Section 375: Will or Force?),[4][5] better known simply as Section 375, is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language legal drama film directed by Ajay Bahl, written by Manish Gupta and produced by Kumar Mangat Pathak and Abhishek Pathak.[6][7] It is based on Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code laws in India.[8][9] [10][11] The film stars Akshaye Khanna, Richa Chadda, Meera Chopra and Rahul Bhat.[12] Principal photography of the film began in January 2019.[13]

The film was theatrically released in India on 13 September 2019.[14]

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