Kahaani

"A mother of a story."

2012 2h 2m HI

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7.2

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★7.2TMDB · 366

MysteryThriller

Synopsis

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Pregnant and alone in the city of Kolkata, a woman begins a relentless search for her missing husband, only to find that nothing is what it seems.

“A mother of a story.”

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Cast

Vidya Balan
Vidya Bagchi
Parambrata Chatterjee
ASI Satyoki "Rana" Sinha
Nawazuddin Siddiqui
A. Khan
Saswata Chatterjee
Bob Biswas
Kharaj Mukherjee
Sub-Inspector Chatterjee
Dhritiman Chatterjee
K. Bhaskaran
Darshan Jariwala
Retd. Colonel Bajpai
Indraneil Sengupta
Arnab Bagchi / Milan Damji

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Sujoy Ghosh
Writers: Sujoy Ghosh, Sujoy Ghosh, Advaita Kala
Languages: English, Bengali, Hindi
Countries: India

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MONEY

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Shot for just $1.2M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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MONEY

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Grossed $16M — a 13.3× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.

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ERA

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Released 14 years ago.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 3 languages: English, Bengali, Hindi.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Kahaani Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Sujoy Ghosh, shot by Satyajit Pande. 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 Clinton Cerejo. 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 Namrata Rao shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Sujoy Ghosh directs. Satyajit Pande behind the camera. Clinton Cerejo scores. Namrata Rao cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in India. Dialogue in English, Bengali, Hindi.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Shot for just $1.2M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2Grossed $16M — a 13.3× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.
3Released 14 years ago.
4Dialogue crosses 3 languages: English, Bengali, Hindi.
5Part of the "Kahaani Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
6Directed by Sujoy Ghosh, shot by Satyajit Pande. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by Clinton Cerejo. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor Namrata Rao shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9Vidya Balan and Parambrata Chatterjee and Nawazuddin Siddiqui carry the top of the cast.
10Marketing tagline: "A mother of a story.".
11IMDB entry: tt1821480 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.