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A Balasaur Score of 42 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 3.8/10, Rotten Tomatoes 39%. Most of the 6,930 2010s drama movies in this catalog score higher. It runs long at 2h 46m. Streaming on Netflix.
Synopsis
In Pre-Independent India, circa 1945, the elite, opulent and solemn world of the Chaudhry family, and the wild, mysterious and musical underbelly of the town, Hira Mandi, clash when Roop Chaudhry encounters Zafar, a daredevil from Hira Mandi, unleashing deep-buried truths, secrets of betrayal and affairs that threaten to bring both worlds crashing down.
Ratings
IMDb3.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes39%
62 audience votes
Key crew
- Sanchit BalharaOriginal Music Composer
- Ankit BalharaOriginal Music Composer
- Abhishek VarmanScreenplay
- Abhishek VarmanDirector
- Pritam ChakrabortyOriginal Music Composer
- Hussain DalalScreenplay
- Shibani BathijaScreenplay
Cast
- Alia BhattRoop Chaudhry
- Varun DhawanZafar
- Aditya Roy KapurDev Chaudhry
- Sanjay DuttBalraj Chaudhry
- Madhuri DixitBahaar Begum
- Sonakshi SinhaSatya Chaudhry
- Kunal KemmuAbdul
- Kiara AdvaniLajjo
- Achint KaurSaroj: Chaudhry household's housekeeper
- Pawan ChopraDharampal Sami: Roop's father
- Hiten TejwaniAbbas Ahmed Razi: Dev's colleague
- Kriti SanonDancer in the song "Aira Gaira"
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Themes
blacksmithterminal illnesscaste systemillegitimate sonpublishing housesemi-narrativepartition of india