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Directed by | Ram Gopal Varma |
Written by | Nilesh Girkar |
Produced by | Siddhant Uberoi Amit Sharma |
Starring | Amitabh Bachchan Sanjay Dutt Rana Daggubati Vijay Raaz Abhimanyu Singh Deepak Tijori Lakshmi Manchu Anjana Sukhani Madhu Shalini |
Cinematography | FXS Team |
Edited by | Abhijit Kokate Vinay Chauhan |
Music by | Bappa Lahiri Dharam-Sandeep Vikram Magi |
Production companies | Uberoi Line Productions Wave Cinemas |
Distributed by | Viacom18 Motion Pictures Wave Cinemas[1] |
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Running time | 141 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Budget | ₹320 million (US$3.8 million)[2] |
Box office | ₹190.5 million (US$2.3 million)[3] |
Department is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language action film directed by Ram Gopal Varma.[4][5] The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt and Rana Daggubati in lead roles, alongside Vijay Raaz, Abhimanyu Singh, Deepak Tijori, Madhu Shalini and Lakshmi Manchu in supporting roles.[6] The plot revolves around a special police unit formed to take down the criminal underworld, leading to complex power struggles and moral dilemmas as they battle corruption from both sides of the law.
Department was released on 18 May 2012 to mixed-to-negative reviews from critics, with sharp criticism for the screenplay, pacing, experimental camera work and performances of the cast.[7][8] The film emerged as a commercial disaster at the box-office, grossing ₹25 crore worldwide against a production budget of ₹35 crore.