Aligarh (2016)

  • A
  • 02/26/2016 (IN)
  • Drama
  • 1h 54m

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.

Hansal Mehta

Director

Apurva Asrani

Screenplay

Cast

Manoj Bajpayee's headshot

Manoj Bajpayee

Professor Siras
Rajkummar Rao's headshot

Rajkummar Rao

Deepu Sebastian
Ishwak Singh's headshot

Ishwak Singh

Arvind Narayan
Dilnaz Irani's headshot

Dilnaz Irani

Namita
Sukhesh Arora's headshot

Sukhesh Arora

Tahir Islam
Balaji Gauri's headshot

Balaji Gauri

Nita Grewal
Sumit Gulati's headshot

Sumit Gulati

Tashi
K.R. Parmeshwar's headshot

K.R. Parmeshwar

Prof. Sridharan

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