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Shahid is based on a true story of a slain human rights activist and lawyer Shahid Azmi, who was was killed in 2010 by unidentified assailants in his office. From attempting to become a terrorist, to being wrongly imprisoned under a draconian anti-terrorism law, to becoming a champion of human rights (particularly of the Muslim minorities in India), Shahid traces the inspiring personal journey of a boy who became an unlikely messiah for human rights, while following the rise of communal violence in India.
Original Release
10/18/2012
US Release
10/25/2013
Cast
Name | Character |
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Rajkummar Rao | Shahid Azmi |
Prabhleen Sandhu | Mariam |
Mohd. Zeeshan Ayyub | Arif / Arif Azmi |
Baljinder Kaur | Ammi |
Tigmanshu Dhulia | Maqbool Menon |
Kay Kay Menon | War saab |
Vipin Sharma | Prosecutor More |
Shalini Vatsa | Prosecutor Tambe |
Vinod Rawat | Rafique |
Suvinder Pal | Commander at camp |
Directors
Writers
Hansal Mehta, Sameer Gautam Singh, Apurva Asrani
Cast
Name | Character |
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Rajkummar Rao | Shahid Azmi |
Prabhleen Sandhu | Mariam |
Mohd. Zeeshan Ayyub | Arif / Arif Azmi |
Baljinder Kaur | Ammi |
Tigmanshu Dhulia | Maqbool Menon |
Kay Kay Menon | War saab |
Vipin Sharma | Prosecutor More |
Shalini Vatsa | Prosecutor Tambe |
Vinod Rawat | Rafique |
Suvinder Pal | Commander at camp |
Pawan Kumar | Zaheer Sheikh |
Vivek Ghamande | Fahim Khan |
Paritosh Sand | Judge |
Prabal Panjabi | Omar Sheikh |
Yusuf Hussain | Professor Saxena |
Mukesh Chhabra | |
Jayant Gadekar | Rakesh Bhai |
Saharsh Kumar Shukla | Inder |
Dharmendra Singh | Tariq Azmi |
Pawan Singh | Zaheer Shaikh |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Nikesh Chauhan | Executive Producer |
Achin Jain | Executive Producer |
Kunal Rohra | Executive Producer |
Alok Arbind Thakur | Executive Producer |
Siddharth Roy Kapur | Producer |
Anurag Kashyap | Producer |
Guneet Monga | Producer |
Sanjeev Singh Pal | Producer |
Ronnie Screwvala | Producer |
Sandeep Singh | Producer |
Shaailesh R Singh | Producer |
Abhisek Vyas | Producer |
Shaan Vyas | Producer |
Francis Vogner | Producer |