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| Directed by | K. C. Bokadia |
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| Written by | K. C. Bokadia
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| Starring | Mallika Sherawat Jackie Shroff Anupam Kher Om Puri Ashutosh Rana Rajpal Yadav Naseeruddin Shah |
| Cinematography | Paneer Selvam |
| Edited by | Prakash Jha |
| Music by | Songs: Aadesh Shrivastav Robby Badal Sanjeev Darshan Lyrics: Sameer
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| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi
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Dirty Politics is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language political thriller written and directed by K. C. Bokadia with an ensemble cast. The film was released on 6 March 2015 with an adult rating due to its strong sexual content. It was a box office disaster.[1]
Plot
The film is based on the infamous Bhanwari Devi case of an auxiliary nurse from Rajasthan who disappeared on 1 September 2011.
Cast
- Naseeruddin Shah as Manoj Singh
- Mallika Sherawat as Anokhi Devi
- Jackie Shroff as Mukhtiar Singh
- Anupam Kher as CBI officer Satya Prakash Mishra
- Om Puri as Dina Nath Singh, Jan Seva Party President
- Atul Kulkarni as Nirbhay Singh, Police Inspector
- Rahul Solanki
- Ashutosh Rana as Dayal Singh
- Rajpal Yadav as Banaram, Anokhi Devi's bodyguard
- Sushant Singh as Nischay Singh, Police Inspector
- Govind Namdev as Karan Singh, Police Superintendent
- Charu Sharma
- Awadhesh Mishra as Jabbar Singh
- Sunil Pal as Nathu Lal
- Komal Nahta as Newsreader
Soundtrack
The soundtrack was composed by Sanjeev Darshan and Aadesh Shrivastava, and Sameer wrote the lyrics. It was Aadesh Shrivastav's last film as a music composer. Template:Track listing
Critical reception
This film received highly negative reviews from critics, criticising everything [2][3][4][5][6][7][8] The initial posters of the film courted controversy for depicting Sherawat draped in the Indian tricolour, due to which a case was lodged against the director under the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act.[9]
References
- ↑ Mallika Sherawat starrer Dirty Politics banned in Bihar. bollywoodhungama.com. 4 March 2015
- ↑ Film review: Dirty Politics.
- ↑ Dirty Politics Movie Review: Mallika Sherawat's Dirty Torture(5 March 2015).
- ↑ Bollywood review: Mallika Sherawat, Om Puri play 'Dirty Politics' – Entertainment – Bollywood – Emirates24|7.
- ↑ Dirty Politics movie review: Mallika Sherawat seems disinterested; story has no energy!(7 March 2015).
- ↑ Dirty Politics: Poor man's Raajneeti. The Hindu(7 March 2015).
- ↑ Dirty Politics Movie Review(5 June 2020).
- ↑ 'Dirty Politics' movie review: Not Mallika Sherawat's redeeming vehicle(7 March 2015). Retrieved 7 March 2015.
- ↑ Mallika Sherawat in 'Dirty Politics' trouble: Case filed for 'disrespecting' National Flag.