Ludo

"Ludo is life and life is ludo"

2020 2h 30m HI

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7.2

SOLID

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75%

FRESH

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7.6

IMDB

★7.2TMDB · 138🍅75%Rotten Tomatoes★7.6IMDB · 46,552

CrimeComedy

Synopsis

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Ludo is about the butterfly effect and how, despite all the chaos and crowd of the world, all our lives are inextricably connected. From a resurfaced sex tape to a rogue suitcase of money, four wildly different stories overlap at the whims of fate, chance and one eccentric criminal.

“Ludo is life and life is ludo”

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Cast

Pankaj Tripathi
Rahul Satyendra Tripathi "Sattu"
Abhishek Bachchan
Batukeshwar Tiwari "Bittu"
Inayat Verma
Mini
Rajkummar Rao
Alok Kumar Gupta "Aalu"
Fatima Sana Shaikh
Pinky
Aditya Roy Kapur
Dr. Akash Chauhan
Sanya Malhotra
Shruti Choksi
Rohit Saraf
Rahul Avasthi

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Anurag Basu
Writers: Anurag Basu, Anurag Basu
Languages: Hindi, English
Countries: India

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RUNTIME

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Clocks in at 150 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.

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ERA

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Released 6 years ago.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Hindi, English.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Anurag Basu, shot by Anurag Basu. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Pritam Chakraborty. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Ajay Sharma shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Pankaj Tripathi and Abhishek Bachchan and Inayat Verma carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Ludo is life and life is ludo".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Anurag Basu directs. Anurag Basu behind the camera. Pritam Chakraborty scores. Ajay Sharma cuts. Produced in India. Dialogue in Hindi, English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Clocks in at 150 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.
2Released 6 years ago.
3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Hindi, English.
4Directed by Anurag Basu, shot by Anurag Basu. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Pritam Chakraborty. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Ajay Sharma shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Pankaj Tripathi and Abhishek Bachchan and Inayat Verma carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Ludo is life and life is ludo".
9IMDB entry: tt7212754 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.