Dirty Politics (film)

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Dirty Politics
Dirty Politics film poster.jpg
Directed by K. C. Bokadia
Written byK. C. Bokadia
Story byK. C. Bokadia
Starring Mallika Sherawat
Jackie Shroff
Anupam Kher
Om Puri
Ashutosh Rana
Rajpal Yadav
Naseeruddin Shah
CinematographyPaneer Selvam
Edited by Prakash Jha
Music bySongs:
Aadesh Shrivastav
Robby Badal
Sanjeev Darshan
Lyrics:
Sameer
Production
company
B.M.B Music & Magnetics Ltd.
Distributed by Zee Music
Release date
  • 6 March 2015 (2015-03-06)
Running time
130 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Dirty Politics is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language political thriller film written and directed by K. C. Bokadia with an ensemble cast. The film was released on 6 March 2015 with an adult rating due to its strong sexual content. [1]

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Plot

The film is based on the infamous Bhanwari Devi case of an auxiliary nurse from Rajasthan, who was disappeared on 1 September 2011.

Cast

Soundtrack

The soundtrack of the film is composed by Sanjeev Darshan and Aadesh Shrivastava, with lyrics written by Sameer. It was Aadesh Shrivastav's last film as a music composer.

No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Ghaghara" Mamta Sharma 4:25
2."Chal Dum" Neha Bhasin 4:06
Total length:8:31

Critical reception

This film received highly negative reviews from critics, criticising everything [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] The initial posters of the film courted controversy, for depicting Sherawat draped in the Indian tricolour, due to which a case was lodged against the director under the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act. [9]

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