"A mother of a story."

2012

2h 2m

7.2(356 votes)

Mystery

Thriller

Overview

Pregnant and alone in the city of Kolkata, a woman begins a relentless search for her missing husband, only to find that nothing is what it seems.

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Vidya Balan

Vidya Bagchi

Parambrata Chatterjee

ASI Satyoki "Rana" Sinha

Nawazuddin Siddiqui

A. Khan

Saswata Chatterjee

Bob Biswas

Kharaj Mukherjee

Sub-Inspector Chatterjee

Dhritiman Chatterjee

K. Bhaskaran

Darshan Jariwala

Retd. Colonel Bajpai

Indraneil Sengupta

Arnab Bagchi / Milan Damji

Abir Chatterjee

Major Arup Basu

Shantilal Mukherjee

R. Shridhar

Creative team

Directed by: Sujoy Ghosh
Written by: Sujoy Ghosh
Advaita Kala
Produced by: Sujoy Ghosh
Kushal Kantilal Gada

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