Aligarh (film)

Aligarh
Theatrical release poster
Directed byHansal Mehta
Written byApurva Asrani
Screenplay byApurva Asrani
Story byApurva Asrani
Ishani Banerjee
Produced bySunil Lulla
Shailesh R Singh
Sandip Ssingh
StarringManoj Bajpayee
Rajkummar Rao
Ashish Vidyarthi
CinematographySatya Rai Nagpaul
Edited byApurva Asrani
Music byKaran Kulkarni
Production
companies
Eros Entertainment
Karma Pictures
Release dates
  • 4 October 2015 (2015-10-04) (Busan)[1]
  • 26 February 2016 (2016-02-26) (India)
Running time
114 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹11 crore
Box office₹4.27 crore

Aligarh is a 2015 Indian Hindi- language biographical drama film directed by Hansal Mehta and written by Apurva Asrani. It stars Manoj Bajpayee and Rajkummar Rao in the lead roles.

The film had its world premiere at the 20th Busan International Film Festival, receiving a standing ovation. The film was released worldwide on 26 February 2016 to critical acclaim.[2][3][4][5] Bajpayee won critical acclaim and a Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Ramchandra Siras.

  1. ^ Hansal MEHTA (8 August 2009). "BIFF.KRㅣ6–15 October, 2016". Biff.kr. Archived from the original on 5 February 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  2. ^ "Aligarh movie review: Manoj Bajpayee gives a brilliant performance, quiet and affecting". The Indian Express. 26 February 2016.
  3. ^ Namrata Joshi (26 February 2016). "Aligarh: An autumn of loneliness". The Hindu.
  4. ^ "Aligarh 2016 Movie News, Wallpapers, Songs & Videos – Bollywood Hungama". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 6 March 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  5. ^ "Aligarh Movie Review". NDTVMovies.com. Archived from the original on 27 February 2016.