Aligarh (2016)
Overview
Set in the city of Uttar Pradesh and based on true events, the plot revolves around Dr. Shrinivas Ramchandra Siras who taught Marathi at Aligarh Muslim University. He was sacked from his position of Reader and Chair of Modern Indian Languages, on charges of homosexuality. A sting operation was conducted by a TV channel which showed him in an embrace with a rickshaw puller, at his house inside the campus.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | hi |
| Popularity | 3.869 |
Directed By
Hansal Mehta
Crew
Hansal Mehta
Jai Mehta
Shailesh R. Singh
Alok Tripathi
Karan Kulkarni
Pia Benegal
Ankur Maan
Jai Mehta
Shijomon George
Mandar Kulkarni
Pranit Purao
Apurva Asrani
Apurva Asrani
Satya Nagpaul
Apurva Asrani
Ishani Banerjee
Ishani Banerjee
Ishani Banerjee
Asmit Pathare
Viral Varshani
Prerna Malick
Shadab Hasnain
Shivani Mukesh Vyas
Jai Bhattacharya
Zafar Mehdi
Aftab Qureshi
Rohit Sharma
Prakash Naikare
Shashank Sahoo
Ramananda Sarkar
Indranil Chowdhury
Payal Ghose
TOP CAST
Manoj Bajpayee
Professor Siras
Rajkummar Rao
Deepu Sebastian
Ishwak Singh
Arvind Narayan
Dilnaz Irani
Namita
Sukhesh Arora
Tahir Islam
Balaji Gauri
Nita Grewal
Sumit Gulati
Tashi
K.R. Parmeshwar
Prof. Sridharan
Nutan Surya
Anjali Gopalan
Suman Vaidya
Shadab Qureshi
Ashish Vidhyarthi
Vijay Grover
Prashant Kumar
Irfan
Nitin Goel
Adil
Sachin Parikh
Anuj
Barnali Medhi
Maggi D'Mello
Eisha Chopra
Sonali
Gita Guha
Vijay Grover's Assistant
Saptarishi
Nita Grewal's Assistant
Sanjay Math
A. K. Murtaza
Jagdish Chandra
Proctor Feroz Majid
Bhartendra Singh
Proctor Zuber Khan
Jaspal Sandhu
Judge
Raees Khan
Siras House Owner #2
Sudesh Saini
Bansi Lal
Harish Badola
Abhilash Tripathi
Naval Shukla
Prathmesh Sharma
Urmil Kumar Thapliyal
Mehmood Naqvi
Apurva Asrani
Karan Pai
Aditya Sharma
Medical Colony Reporter
Raziq Khan
Medical Colony Reporter #2
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