JNU: Jahangir National University

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Jahangir National University
Poster of movie Jahangir National University.jpg
Directed byVinay Sharma
Story byVinay Sharma
Produced byPratima Datta
Starring Urvashi Rautela
Ravi Kishan
Piyush Mishra
Rashami Desai
CinematographyParth Navle
Edited bySanjay Sankla
Music byAehmad Najeem,
Vijay Verma
Saaransh Maide
Production
company
Mahakaal Movies Pvt. Ltd
Release date
TBA
Running time
150 Minute
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

JNU: Jahangir National University is an upcoming Hindi-language drama thriller film directed by Vinay Sharma and produced by Pratima Datta under the banner of Mahakaal Movies Pvt. Ltd. [1] [2] The film features Urvashi Rautela, Ravi Kishan, and Piyush Mishra as lead characters. [3] [4]

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The film's poster and its tagline "Can one educational university bring down the nation?" have been subject to controversy, [5] [6] [7] [8] the SFI, the students wing of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), for instance, calling this film a "propaganda". [9]

Background

The university in the film is fictional but its name is similar to that of Jahangirnagar University (Bangladesh) and evokes above all JNU in Delhi, although whether the film is based on real events related to this institution (JNU 2016 sedition controversy, JNU attack) remains unclear so far. [7]

Cast

Release

The film's release had been announced for April, 5 2024 but later postponed. [10]

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