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Titli (2014)

Titli poster
Original title
तितली
Directed by
Kanu Behl
Genre
drama film
Country
India
Runtime
1h 52m
Rated
A
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 40 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young man named Titli struggles to escape his family's violent criminal business. His plans for a new life are complicated when he is forced into an arranged marriage.

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What happens

Titli (transl. Butterfly) is a 2014 Indian neo-noir crime drama film written and directed by Kanu Behl, and co-produced by Dibakar Banerjee Productions and Aditya Chopra under the banner of Yash Raj Films. It features actors Shashank Arora as the title character, Shivani Raghuvanshi, Ranvir Shorey, Amit Sial and Lalit Behl in the lead roles. In Titli, Behl captures the volatility of a society where violence lies uneasily just below the surface. The directorial debut film premiered in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, The trailer was released on 29 September 2015. The film was released in India on 30 October 2015. The international sales partner of the film is Westend Films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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