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A social activist who uses folk music to spread his message is arrested, accused of inciting a sewage worker's suicide. Lawyers from both sides of the aisle, and the rote ideologies they represent, are scrutinized as the trial plays out.
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Critics Consensus

Court takes a penetrating, timely look at issues facing Indian society while serving as an excellent calling card for debuting writer-director Chaitanya Tamhane.

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Nigel Andrews Financial Times 12/28/2016
4/5
The film's semblance of casualness is winning. It seems to make itself up as it goes along. But this fly on this wall has keen eyes, keen hearing, a keen intelligence. Go to Full Review Tara Brady Irish Times 08/08/2016
5/5
Just when you imagined that the courtroom drama had no particular place left to go, along comes Chaitanya Tamhane's fiendishly clever debut feature. Go to Full Review Sophie Monks Kaufman Little White Lies 03/25/2016
4/5
Perceptive and powerful. Go to Full Review Kong Rithdee Bangkok Post 05/17/2021
[It] speaks to us with range and depth...realistic, moving, humanist portraits of (pre-pandemic) India. Go to Full Review Kanishk Devgan Film Companion 03/29/2021
Chaitanya Tamhane's directorial feature debut (which he wrote too), proved to be a silent, observational, and devastating film. Go to Full Review Dustin Chang Floating World 02/14/2021
All the performances are stellar, considering many of them are non-actors. In the heart of it all is Vira Sathida. A real life activist, his rhythmic, infectious, biting songs come to life whenever he performs. I would love to see him perform for hours. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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SAR 06/14/2021 Interesting to learn about India and its people in every day life and seeing that injustices are everywhere. See more PanProduction T @ChunPan9 07/28/2022 Some of the scenes are way too long. It needs some serious editing. See more 04/13/2021 This movie is a sad reality of this country, everything that it shows is real and it is present as it is, also the movie will need your attention inorder for you to understand, you must have a conscience to understand the message of the movie also you must have a knowledge about what is actually going on this country since a very long time, the movie is silently screaming the wrong in our society and also what needs to be done inorder to change the unfortunate reality of many. As a nation we are doing injustice to the depressed section of the society and are punishing who are trying to wake us up. See more 04/18/2020 I was walking past the mental hospital the other day, and all the patients were shouting, '13….13….13.' The fence was too high to see over, but I saw a little gap in the planks, so I looked through to see what was going on. Some idiot poked me in the eye with a stick! Then they all started shouting, '14….14….14.' See more 01/27/2020 Inteligente, hermosa y honesta. Court de su joven director Chaitanya Tamhane es una pelicula hipnotica, con escenas que representan el contexto de india, al ver películas de este tipo que nos invitan a ver la realidad de los diferentes sistemas que componen un país, creo que es una de las mejores formas de conocer el mismo, el ver el deficiente sistema judicial y el fanatismo de creencias para mi como mexicano me llega a poner a reflexionar las grandes similitudes. La película a excepción de una toma, todo esta hecho con cámara estática y observar las escenas musicales es simplemente poesía dura y envolvente, en definitiva espero ver muchísimo mas de este director. See more nefasto r @Nefasto 08/14/2018 Sorry, I found it cold and detached and I gave up halfway through. It just didn't take me. Maybe is just my fault and the movie is great. Finish it and let me know, would you? See more Read all reviews
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Chaitanya Tamhane

Director

Vira Sathidar

Narayan Kamble

Vivek Gomber

Vinay Vora

Geetanjali Kulkarni

Public Prosecutor

Pradeep Joshi

Judge

Usha Bane

Sharmila Pawar

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Synopsis A social activist who uses folk music to spread his message is arrested, accused of inciting a sewage worker's suicide. Lawyers from both sides of the aisle, and the rote ideologies they represent, are scrutinized as the trial plays out.
Director
Chaitanya Tamhane
Producer
Vivek Gomber
Screenwriter
Chaitanya Tamhane
Distributor
Zeitgeist Films
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Marathi
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 15, 2015, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 14, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA)
$16.5K
Runtime
1h 55m