Overview
In Pre-Independent India, circa 1945, the elite, opulent and solemn world of the Chaudhry family, and the wild, mysterious and musical underbelly of the town, Hira Mandi, clash when Roop Chaudhry encounters Zafar, a daredevil from Hira Mandi, unleashing deep-buried truths, secrets of betrayal and affairs that threaten to bring both worlds crashing down.
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Box office
Grossed $18M worldwide
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Setting
Set in British Raj
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Music
Music by Shankar: Ehsaan: Loy
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Binod Pradhan
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Abhishek VarmanScreenplay
- Shibani BathijaStory, Screenplay
- Hussain DalalScreenplay
- Original title
- कलंक
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- April 17, 2019
- Original language
- Hindi
- Revenue
- $18M
- Countries
- India
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Cast
Alia BhattRoop Chaudhry
Varun DhawanZafar
Aditya Roy KapurDev Chaudhry
Sanjay DuttBalraj Chaudhry
Madhuri DixitBahaar Begum
Sonakshi SinhaSatya Chaudhry
Kunal KemmuAbdul
Kiara AdvaniLajjo
Achint KaurSaroj: Chaudhry household's housekeeper
Pawan ChopraDharampal Sami: Roop's father
Hiten TejwaniAbbas Ahmed Razi: Dev's colleague
Kriti SanonDancer in the song "Aira Gaira"
Pavail GulatiAditya Khanna: a journalist who interviews and documents Roop's life story
Meera Chopra
Mukesh Rishi
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