Ferrous (film)

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Ferrous
Directed byShaurya Singh
Written byShaurya Singh
Screenplay byShaurya Singh
Produced byAmrit Sinha
Shaurya Singh
Starring Vijay Raaz
Zakir Hussain
Gopal K Singh
Bikramjeet Kanwarpal
Pankaj Jha
Maruf khan
CinematographyHemant Jaiswal
Edited byUpendra Pankaj
Music bySaurabh Verma
Production
company
Silver Rain Pictures / Tanay Films International
Running time
120 minutes
Country India
LanguageHindi

Ferrous [1] is an Indian crime drama feature film written, directed and produced by writer/director Shaurya Singh under his banner Silver Rain Pictures in collaboration with Amrit Sinha of Tanay Films International. Ferrous was premiered at RTF 2018, an International Film Festival held at Lagos, Nigeria in July 2018, in front of a packed International audience where it was judged Best Foreign Film. [2] The film was later adapted to become a series and premiered on OTT platform Ullu [3] [4] in Feb 2022.

Contents

Plot

Set in the current day Mumbai, the film is a crime drama. Ferrous is a non-linear screenplay film in which rather than pushing and pulling the film in past and present, the whole structure of the film is non-linear. The audience has to perceive the film and join the dots of the story in order to comprehend the complete set of events in sequential order.

Cast

Production

The pre-production of the film was started in October 2017 and the production completed in March 2018. The film is extensively shot in Mumbai .

Accolades

AwardCategoryRecipientsResultReferences
RTF - 2018, Lagos, NigeriaBest Foreign FilmFerrousWon [10] [11]
Best ScreenplayNominated [12]
9th Jagran Film Festival 2018, IndiaOfficial Selection - Indian Showcase [13] Ferrous--
7th Delhi International Film Festival, 2018Official Selection - In Competition [14] Ferrous--
Koshi Film Festival, Saharsa, BiharBest FilmFerrousWon [15]
Best Actor - FemaleMyra SinghWon-
Jharkhand International Film Festival, Ranchi, Jharkhand, 2019Official Selection - In Competition [16] Ferrous- [17]
LIFFT World Cine Fest 2019, Lonavala, Maharastra [18] Official Selection [19] Ferrous- [19]

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