Shahid
2012 · Movie · 129 min · ★ 7.3 · 95% critics
Based on a true story, this film follows a lawyer who fights for people wrongly accused in terror-related cases. As he builds a career defending the vulnerable, his personal past and commitment to justice shape a powerful, realistic journey.
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Details
- Original title
- शाहिद
- Years
- 2012
- Release date
- 2013-10-18
- Language
- Hindi
- Runtime
- 129 min
- Critic score
- 95/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.3/10 (73 votes)
About
You may like this if you prefer serious, realistic dramas about justice and ordinary people taking on unfair systems; not for you if you want a light, fast-paced watch or a big commercial style, and you may also like Aligarh or Sardar Udham.
Pros: powerful true story; strong performances; gripping court scenes | Cons: bleak tone; slow pacing; heavy subject matter
Themes
- husband wife relationship
- muslim
- based on true story
- prejudice
- lawyer
- justice
- human rights
- courtroom
- activist
- real story
Cast & crew
Rajkummar Rao
as Shahid Azmi
Kay Kay Menon
as War saab
Tigmanshu Dhulia
as Maqbool Menon
Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub
as Arif Azmi
Vipin Sharma
as Prosecutor More
Prabhleen Sandhu
as Mariam
- BK
Baljinder Kaur
as Ammi
Prabal Panjabi
as Omar Sheikh
Directed by Hansal Mehta