Haraamkhor

Haraamkhor (English: The Wretched) is a 2015 Indian Hindi film directed by Shlok Sharma.^[1][2] The film is co-produced by Shlok Sharma, Vishakha Singh, Guneet Monga and AKFPL.^[3] The film stars Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Shweta Tripathi.^[4][5] The First look of Haramkhor was out on 8 March 2015.^[6] Jasleen Royal is the music composer of the film. The film is a love story that revolves around a delicate relationship between a school teacher in a small Gujarati town and his teenage female student.^[7] The film was shot in 16 days only.^[8] In April 2015, a FIR was registered against director Shlok Sharma on a complaint by Balbharati, Maharashtra’s textbook bureau, objecting to striking similarities between its logo and promotion scenes from Haraamkhor.^[9] Haraamkhor was premiered in 15th annual New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF)^[10][11] and Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA). Nawazuddin Siddiqui received the Best Actor award for the film at the New York Indian Film Festival.^[12]

Plot

The story is based on a real life events. It is about Deepanshu (Deepanshu Tripathi), and complications around his extramarital affair with his young student, Sangeeta (Shweta Tripathi). This relationship is set against the foil of Sangeeta’s classmates- Dhar's (Mohd Samad) and Kumar’s (Irfan Khan) friendship. Kumar is in love with Sangeeta. Kumar then retaliates by having coitus with Deepanshu's wife Sweet akka whom he first met at a smoking area Cosmo-102 where he finds her smoking only menthol cigarettes and sometimes iceburst.

Cast

• Nawazuddin Siddiqui as Shyam, Gujarati teacher
• Shweta Tripathi as Sandhya, School student
• Trimala Adhikari as Sunita
• Mohd Samad as Mintu, Sandhya’s classmate
• Irfan Khan as Kamal, Sandhya’s classmate
• Harish Khanna as Raghuvir

Critical Reception

Mayank Bharara of ShowBiz-BizAsia praised the film and gave it 7 out of 10 stars.^[13]

References

External links

• Haraamkhor at the Internet Movie Database
• Haraamkhor at Bollywood Hungama