''Guilty'' is a 2020 Indian

Hindi-language Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been de ...

thriller

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directed by

Ruchi Narain Ruchi Narain (born 1976) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and producer widely known as the writer for the critically acclaimed film ''Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi'' (2003). She has also directed films like '' Kal: Yesterday and Tomorrow'' (2 ...

and written by

Kanika Dhillon Kanika Dhillon is an Indian author and screenwriter. As an author, she has released three novels, ''Bombay Duck is a Fish'' (2011), a satire on the Indian film industry, the young adult superhero novel ''Shiva and the Rise of the Shadows'' (201 ...

and Atika Chohan. Starring

Kiara Advani Alia Advani (born 31 July 1991), known professionally as Kiara Advani (), is an Indian actress who works in Hindi and Telugu language films. After making her acting debut in the comedy film '' Fugly'' (2014), she played MS Dhoni's wife in th ...

and several others, the film follows the story of a songwriter whose boyfriend is accused of rape during the era of #

MeToo #MeToo is a social movement against sexual abuse, sexual harassment, and rape culture, in which people publicize their experiences of sexual abuse or sexual harassment. The phrase "Me Too" was initially used in this context on social media in ...

. The film is the first production venture of Dharmatic, the digital arm of

Karan Johar Karan Johar (born Rahul Kumar Johar; 25 May 1972), often informally referred to as KJo in the Hindi Film Industry, is an Indian filmmaker and television personality, who primarily works in Hindi cinema. He has launched the careers of several s ...

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. It was released on 6 March 2020 on

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Plot

Nanki Duttaa a badass , songwriter having a group of friends finds herself in a dilemma when Tanu Kumar, a new student in her university who has a crush on VJ , joins in the ''#MeToo'' movement accusing Vijay "VJ" Pratap Singh, Nanki's boyfriend and son of a politician, of having raped her on the night of Valentine's 2018 on Twitter . Nanki attempts to help Vijay by consulting Danish Ali Baig, the lawyer investigating VJ's side of the story. Throughout the movie, we experience Nanki's frequent panic attacks and hallucinations based on the recent incident. Later on in the movie, Danish wins the case and Vijay is released much to Tanu's dismay. VJ tells nanki that he has Cheated on her by sleeping with tanu , but not raped her . However, Nanki remains suspicious due to inconsistencies with the case. During a festival held at the campus, Tanu explains every detail of what happened during the fateful night while exposing her true intentions and feeling towards Vijay. Nanki deduces Tanu's #MeToo tweet and ties every loose end cited throughout the film and comes to the realization that Tanu told the truth all along that Vijay is actually a demon and raped tanu brutally when his ego gets hurt . A betrayed Vijay is arrested by local authorities. Soon after, Nanki gains the courage to share her own experience with sexual abuse/ rape, when she was 13 years old and encouraged by a relieved Tanu.

Cast

as Nanki Dutta : VJ's Girlfriend ** Janya Joshi as Young Nanki * Akansha Ranjan Kapoor as Tanu Kumar : The Girl Raped By VJ. * Gurfateh Singh Pirzada as Vijay "VJ" Pratap Singh : Nanki's Cheater Boyfriend and Tanu's rapist and Crush. *

Taher Shabbir Taher Shabbir Mithaiwala is an Indian actor who is known for his portrayal of Viraj Singh Rathore in ''Nisha Aur Uske Cousins'' and Arshad Habib in ''Bepannah''. Personal life Shabbir graduated with a degree in mass media from KC College, Mu ...

as Danish Ali Baig : VJ's Lawyer * Tenzin Dalha as Tashi *

Dalip Tahil Dalip Tahil (born as Dalip Tahilramani; 30 October 1952) is an Indian film, television and theatre actor. He studied at Sherwood College in Nainital, India. After attending Aligarh Muslim University for a year, he graduated from St. Xavier's Co ...

as Lawyer Mirchandani *

Kunal Vijaykar Kunal Vijaykar (born 19 May 1964) is a broadcaster, food writer, author, actor and television personality. A whole generation have watched him eat his way into the hearts of hundreds and thousands of Indians. He is India’s most recognisable fo ...

as Dr. Roy : Nanki's Doctor *

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as Sushma Singh *

Manu Rishi Manu Rishi Chadha (born 3 January 1971) is an Indian actor, lyricist, script and dialogue writer who works in Hindi films. Rishi is trained under theatre director Arvind Gaur for six years. He won the Filmfare Best Dialogue Award, 2009 for ''Oy ...

as Pratap Singh, Vijay's father *

Fahad Ali Fahad Ali is an Indian television actor. He is known for portraying Keshav Desai "KD" in Channel V India's ''The Buddy Project'' and Vivaan in StarPlus, Star Plus's ''Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai''. In 2018, he participated in ''MTV Splitsvilla''. ...

as Rahul Jha * Rohan Arora as Kerbie * Deepanshu Titoriya as Deepak *

Sahil Mehta Sahil Mehta (born 4 April 1988) is an Indian television actor known for starring as Yuvraj Birla on '' Suhani Si Ek Ladki'' and last seen as Sameer Singh on '' Shakti - Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki''. Career Mehta had starred in the Bollywood movie '' ...

as Arnab Mitra * Ashish Khanna as Hardy : VJ's friend * Gehna Seth as Professor

Production

In June 2019, a report from ''

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'' stated

signing a new project for Dharmatic Entertainment, the digital arm of

, titled ''Guilty'' which was helmed by

. The principal photography of the film began in Delhi in June 2019 and completed within 33 days.

Soundtrack

The film score and soundtrack is composed by Ankur Tewari with lyrics written by Kausar Munir.

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, tt10062614 Indian direct-to-video films Hindi-language Netflix original films Films about rape in India Indian thriller drama films 2020 thriller drama films 2020 direct-to-video films 2020 films 2020s Hindi-language films Hindi-language drama films Films directed by Ruchi Narain