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written and directed by Vasan Bala. The film stars

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and Siddharth Menon. The film was screened as part of

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. The film will be released on

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in 2021. Film's producer,

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raised nearly , half of film's budget of by posting the film's script on Facebook.

Plot

The film is set in Mumbai, and revolves around 20-year-old destitute boys who get trapped in the drug trade and a young cop, who tracks them.

Cast

as Ranjit D'souza *

as Kuljeet * Kriti Malhotra as Bilkis * Siddharth Mennon as Mandar * Mukesh Chhabra * Zachary Coffin * Murari Kumar as JJ * Vijesh Rajan as Meth Cook

Reception

Director Vasan Bala was deemed by several critics to have shown promise in his

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effort at Cannes. Deloret Imnidian of High on Films wrote "Vasan Bala's film breaths a fresh air of Indian New Wave cinema".Peddlers (2012) - Mumbai Film Festival Review
''highonfilms.com''.

References

External links

* 2012 films 2012 crime thriller films Indian crime thriller films 2010s Hindi-language films Films about drugs Films set in Mumbai Fictional portrayals of the Maharashtra Police 2012 directorial debut films Eros Now original films {{crime-thriller-film-stub