Faraaz (2023)

Directed by

Hansal Mehta

Genre

action film, thriller film

Country

India

Runtime

1h 52m

Rated

16

Rating

4.3 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film dramatizes the 2016 terrorist attack on a bakery in Dhaka. It follows the real life event from the perspective of the people trapped inside and the security forces responding.

tenseurgentgrittysoberclaustrophobicgroundedsomberdisturbing

What happens

Faraaz is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Hansal Mehta and produced by T-Series and Benaras Media Works in association with Mahana Films. The film supports an ensemble cast with Zahan Kapoor starring as the titular Faraaz Ayaaz Hossain with Juhi Babbar, Aamir Ali, Aditya Rawal, Pallak Lalwani, and six newcomers, Jatin Sarin, Reshham Sahaani, Ninaad Bhatt, Harshal Pawar, and Sachin Lalwani including Kapoor marking their debuts. Based on Nuruzzaman Labu's 2017 book Holey Artisan: A Journalistic Investigation, it depicts the July 2016 Dhaka attack at the Holey Artisan Bakery in Bangladesh. The film premiered at the BFI London Film Festival on 15 October 2022, and was released in India on 3 February 2023. At the 69th Filmfare Awards, the film received five nominations, including Best Film (Critics) and Best Supporting Actor (Rawal), and won Best Male Debut (Rawal). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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