Ugly

A terrible tale of corruption, indifference, and systemic violence starts when 10 year old daughter of an aspiring actor disappears. The film portrays the kidnapping of a little girl of 10, who is out with her father for the day. Her parents are divorced and her stepfather, a cop, steps in for the investigation. The suicidal mother has an ax to grind with both her ex-husband and her current husband. As the investigation proceeds, the characters are placed in sordid scenarios that reveal their unsavory sides; the mind games between the both the fathers in particular lend the procedural its most gripping drama as everyone else is getting greedy and ugly not caring about the kidnapped girl.

Keywords

  • Cannes: Quinzaine des Cinéastes
  • Festival de Cannes
  • Festival de Cannes - Tax Shelter
  • Indian Cinema
  • LuxFilmFest
  • Childhood
  • relationship
  • suspense

Actors

  • Rakhi
  • Shoumik Bose
  • Jadhav
  • Rahul Varshney
  • Kali Varshney
  • Shalini
  • Siddhant

Director

  • Anurag Kashyap

Drama, Thriller


2h 6min


-16

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India
2013
A terrible tale of corruption, indifference, and systemic violence starts when 10 year old daughter of an aspiring actor disappears.

A terrible tale of corruption, indifference, and systemic violence starts when 10 year old daughter of an aspiring actor disappears.


The film portrays the kidnapping of a little girl of 10, who is out with her father for the day. Her parents are divorced and her stepfather, a cop, steps in for the investigation. The suicidal mother has an ax to grind with both her ex-husband and her current husband. As the investigation proceeds, the characters are placed in sordid scenarios that reveal their unsavory sides; the mind games between the both the fathers in particular lend the procedural its most gripping drama as everyone else is getting greedy and ugly not caring about the kidnapped girl.

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Cast & Crew