Firaaq (2008) India
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Director:Nandita Das
Studio:Percept Picture Company
Writer:Nandita Das, Shuchi Kothari
Rating:7.4 (882 votes)
Date Added:2014-03-26
Awards:9 wins & 6 nominations
Genre:Hindi films
IMDb:1263679
Duration:101
Sound:Dolby Digital
Languages:Hindi, Gujarati, Urdu, English
Subtitles:English
LAC code:300011290
DVD or VHS:DVD
Original:original
Nandita Das  ...  (Director)
Nandita Das, Shuchi Kothari  ...  (Writer)
 
Inaamulhaq  ...  Munna
Nasser  ...  Grave digger
Shahana Goswami  ...  Muneera
Nawazuddin Siddiqui  ...  Hanif (as Nowaz)
Paresh Rawal  ...  Sanjay
Honey Chhaya  ...  Bapuji
Deepti Naval  ...  Arati
Dilip Joshi  ...  Deven
Kavan Antani  ...  Arati's son
Naseeruddin Shah  ...  Khan Saheb
Raghuvir Yadav  ...  Karim
Sanjay Suri  ...  Sameer Shaikh
Tisca Chopra  ...  Anuradha Desai
Sucheta Trivedi  ...  Ketki
Pranav Subramaniya  ...  Ketki's son 1
Summary: Following riots in Gujarat, Arati experiences guilt when she did not open her door to shelter an injured Muslim woman. Her husband, Sanjay, had looted merchandise from shops, and his brother, Devan, had even sexually molested Muslim women. A young lad, Mohsin, leaves the safety of an army-guarded camp to look for his father. Meanwhile Music maestro, Jahangir Khan, faces isolation. Sameer Shaikh and his Hindu wife, Anuradha, decide to re-locate to Delhi. Muneera suspects her Hindu friend, Jyoti, of setting her house on fire, while biased police officers continue oppressing Muslims and five Muslim men find a gun and attempt to seek vengeance.