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Jyoti Singh was a young physiotherapy student from a poor family in New Delhi, and a symbol of a 21st century India in which economic growth is expanding opportunity for women and men alike. With dreams of a career in medicine, Jyoti asked her parents, Badri and Asha Singh, to use her wedding dowry to pay for her education. Despite protest from the extended family, Jyoti’s parents willingly obliged, and sold the family’s ancestral land to put her through school.
On December 16, 2012, she went to see Life of Pi with a male friend. When they boarded a private bus to return home in the early evening, the young man was beaten until helpless, and Jyoti was dragged to the back of the bus and repeatedly gang raped. Her assailants brutalized her as they circled the city, and injured her internal organs, ultimately eviscerating her with an iron rod. She miraculously survived for 13 days before the surgeons could do no more.
Original Release
03/04/2015
US Release
03/09/2015
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Asha Devi | Self - Jyoti Singh's mother / Herself, Jyoti Singh's mother |
Badri Singh | Himself, Jyoti Singh's father / Self - Jyoti Singh's father |
Satendra | Himself, Jyoti Singh's tutor and close friend / Self - Jyoti Singh's tutor and close friend |
Mukesh Singh | Himself, rapist / Self - rapist |
M.L. Sharma | Himself, defence lawyer for the rapists / Self - defence lawyer for the rapists |
Pawan Gupta | Himself, convicted of Jyoti Singh's rape and murder / Self - convicted of Jyoti Singh's rape and murder |
Akshay Thakur | Himself, convicted of Jyoti Singh's rape and murder / Self - convicted of Jyoti Singh's rape and murder |
A.P. Singh | Himself, defence lawyer for the rapists / Self - defence lawyer for the rapists |
Leila Seth | Herself - Former Chief Justice Member of Rape Review Committee / Self - Former Chief Justice Member of Rape Review Committee |
Maria Misra | Self - writer and historian, Oxford University, Keble College / Herself, writer and historian, Oxford University, Keble College |
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Asha Devi | Self - Jyoti Singh's mother / Herself, Jyoti Singh's mother |
Badri Singh | Himself, Jyoti Singh's father / Self - Jyoti Singh's father |
Satendra | Himself, Jyoti Singh's tutor and close friend / Self - Jyoti Singh's tutor and close friend |
Mukesh Singh | Himself, rapist / Self - rapist |
M.L. Sharma | Himself, defence lawyer for the rapists / Self - defence lawyer for the rapists |
Pawan Gupta | Himself, convicted of Jyoti Singh's rape and murder / Self - convicted of Jyoti Singh's rape and murder |
Akshay Thakur | Himself, convicted of Jyoti Singh's rape and murder / Self - convicted of Jyoti Singh's rape and murder |
A.P. Singh | Himself, defence lawyer for the rapists / Self - defence lawyer for the rapists |
Leila Seth | Herself - Former Chief Justice Member of Rape Review Committee / Self - Former Chief Justice Member of Rape Review Committee |
Maria Misra | Self - writer and historian, Oxford University, Keble College / Herself, writer and historian, Oxford University, Keble College |
Sandeep Govil | Himself, prison psychiatris / Self - prison psychiatris |
Raj Kumar | Self - police officer / Himself, police officer |
Rashmi Ahuja | Herself, gynecologist, Safdarjung Hospital / Self - gynecologist, Safdarjung Hospital |
Pramod Kushwa | Himself, Deputy Commisioner of Delhi Police / Self - Deputy Commisioner of Delhi Police |
Pratibha Sharma | Herself, sub-inspector, Delhi Police / Self - sub-inspector, Delhi Police |
Kavita Krishnan | Herself, secretary, All India Progressive Women's Association / Self - secretary, All India Progressive Women's Association |
Usha Saxena | Herself, Delhi resident / Self - Delhi resident |
Shambavi Saxena | Herself, Delhi resident / Self - Delhi resident |
Gopal Subramanium | Himself, lawyer, Justice Verma Committee / Self - lawyer, Justice Verma Committee |
Sonia Gandhi | Herself, Indian National Congress (archive footage) / Self - Indian National Congress |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Lorna Auerbach | Executive Producer |
Peggy Cafferty | Executive Producer |
Nick Fraser | Executive Producer |
Kathleen Glynn | Executive Producer |
Mette Hoffman Meyer | Executive Producer |
Thomas A. Morgan | Executive Producer |
Kate Townsend | Executive Producer |
Leslee Udwin | Producer |
Dibang Dibang | Producer |
Mette Heide | Producer |
Riddhi Jha | Producer |
Vivek Pratap | Producer |
Anuradha Singh | Producer |