Shanghai (2012)
- Original title
- शंघाई
- Directed by
- Dibakar Banerjee
- Genre
- political thriller film
- Country
- India
- Runtime
- 2h
- Rated
- R15+
- Rating
- 6.8 of 10 from 58 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A political activist is killed in a hit-and-run accident in a small Indian town. A bureaucrat investigates the death and uncovers a conspiracy involving local politicians and corporate interests.
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What happens
Shanghai is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language political thriller film directed and co-written by Dibakar Banerjee. The film stars Prosenjit Chatterjee, Emraan Hashmi, Farooq Shaikh, Abhay Deol and Kalki Koechlin. It is a remake of 1969 French film Z which was based on the Greek novel Z by Vassilis Vassilikos. On 6 June 2012, the high court refused stay on the release of the film. It received critical acclaim upon its release but was considered a modest commercial success. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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