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Reassigned from TV to radio, a frustrated anchor sees both danger and opportunity when he receives threatening calls on the air.

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Arjun Pathak
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Soumya Mehra Pathak
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Ankita Malaskar
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Anand Mhata
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Praveen Kamath
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Subhash Mathur - Dy. Minister
Aeklavya Tomer ...
Asif Alam - Radio Producer
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Mala - Radio Technician
Mahender Singh Bisht ...
Kumar Bisht - TV Producer
Kumar Vasu Dilip ...
Jay - TV Technician (as Dilip Vasu)
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Raunaq - TV Technician
Ashish Ranglani ...
Ashish - TV Technician
Dhwani Acharya ...
Ketki
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Manas Sethi - Anchor at INL News
Priya Tandon ...
Kripa Ved - Anchor at TRTV News
Samridhi Chandola ...
Karuna Shah - Anchor at Daily News (as Samriddhi Chandola)
Tuhinashu Chaturvedi ...
Abhimanyu Murthi - Anchor at National 365
Desiree Sangma ...
Riddhi
Arzoo Gujral ...
Arzoo
Mohd Tabish ...
Arzoo's Father
Yuhaann Sharma ...
Mathur's Bodyguard
Vivek Suvarna ...
Mathur's Bodyguard
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Shree Upadhyaya

Directed by

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Ram Madhvani
Heavenveer Singh Hayer ... (assistant director)

Written by

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Ram Madhvani ... ()
 
Puneet Sharma ... ()

Produced by

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Sia Bhuyan ... executive producer
Hasanain Hooda ... Assistant Creative Producer
Pashan Jal ... associate producer
Salona Bains Joshi ... creative producer
Sonia Kanwar ... creative producer
Amita Madhvani ... producer
Ram Madhvani ... producer
Dileep Panwar ... executive producer
Rhea Prabhu ... executive producer
Ronnie Screwvala ... producer
Arvinder Singh ... Creative Producer
Daljit Singh ... coordinating producer
Kulwinder Singh ... executive producer
Kumar Sumit ... line producer (as Sumit Shukla)
Sushmita Yadav ... associate producer
Sanaya Irani Zohrabi ... creative producer

Music by

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Vishal Khurana

Cinematography by

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Manu Anand

Editing by

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Monisha R Baldawa
Amit Karia ... co editor

Editorial Department

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Kenneth Daniel ... post-production coordinator
Eesha Dev ... assistant editor
Siddhartha Gandhi ... colorist
Vikesh Jashnani ... conformist
Shivani Kulkarni ... jr. production coordinator
Makrand Mandlik ... post-production assistant
Nitin Minz ... sr. production: Redchillies.color
Tanuja Naik ... post production supervisor
Chinmay Ogale ... post producer
Raunak Ojha ... Post production supervisor / post production supervisor
Eric Paul ... colorist (as Eric)
Premdan-Sahu ... Sr.Di Conformist
Nilesh Meena Rasal ... associate editor
Gaurav Shelke ... assistant editor (as Gaurav Bhausaheb Shelke)
Adhiraj Singh ... post production supervisor
Shubham Veturkar ... post-production assistant
Avi Dam ... additional asst (uncredited)

Casting By

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Abhimanyu Ray

Production Design by

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Nidhi Rungta

Art Direction by

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Daljeet Singh ... (art direction)
Gurlal Singh
Harpreet Singh ... (art direction)
Richard Viagulam

Costume Design by

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Ayushi Jain ... (Associate)
Ranjeet Kaur

Makeup Department

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Payal Bhatia ... makeup artist
Jay Kanojiya ... makeup designer
Dhanlaxmi Pillai ... hair stylist
Sangeeta Rawal ... key makeup artist
Farman Sharafat ... hair stylist
Rashika Shinde ... makeup artist
Bhavya Arora ... hair stylist (uncredited) / makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management

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Ruban Ashokan ... production assistant
Nidhiy Kharkar ... production manager
Avinash Pathak ... Unit Production Manager
Ashutosh Sharma ... production manager
Saurabh Yadav ... hospitality manager / production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Mohit Chandora ... third assistant director
Raj Gori ... post vfx assistant director
Shraddha Pasi Jairath ... associate director
Paarth Harish Joshi ... assistant director
Swayam Khanna ... second assistant director
Ashit Sharma ... post vfx assistant director
Ishan Singh ... second second assistant director
Vaishak Vidyadharan ... vfx assistant director

Art Department

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Shashank Dalvi ... concept artist assistant
Amol Hirawadekar ... concept artist
Nikita Jain ... prop buyer
Vidhi Jain ... set dec
Akshay Mestri ... art director assistant
Pallavi Negi ... assistant production designer
Ratnadeep Neman ... art director assistant
Tushar Neman ... assistant art director
Sushant Pohekar ... art director assistant
Sohef Shaikh ... art intern
Vishal Shinde ... 3D Design
Himangi Shukla ... art intern
Sukraat Tiwari ... on set dresser

Sound Department

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Saurabh Arora ... mixer
Devabrot Chaliha ... Assistant re recording Mixer / sound
Manas Choudhury ... sound designer
Yash Darji ... supervising sound editor/sound effects editor
Alok De ... re-recording mixer
Jaani ... sound effects editor
Tusar Jena ... sound editor
Aditya Karandikar ... adr recordist
Robin Kunjukutty ... dialogue editor / pre-mix engineer
Bhabani Mallick ... production sound mixer
Hiru Paban ... foley recording engineer
Shubhangi Pawar ... sound: Voice Artist Coordinator
Anish Poduval ... Associate Re Recording Mixer
Peeyus Pradhan ... sfx editor
Jyotiranjan Sahoo ... boom operator
Subodha Satapathy ... sound mixer
Sumit Kumar Singh ... boom operator
Joseph Thomas ... dialogue editor
Sagnik Basu ... Additional sound effects (uncredited)

Visual Effects by

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Zaheer Ahmad ... Sr Compositor
Swapnil Andraskar ... FX/CG supervisor: visual effects / visual effects supervisor: after studios
Mubassir Ansari ... visual effects artist: FutureWorks Media Ltd.
Arth-Vasavada ... Senior FX Artist
Omkar Bakare ... compositor: visual effects
Prabir Bera ... compositor
Bhuvan ... Team Lead
Hrishikesh Bora ... Prep artist: Futureworks media
Abhinendra Chauhan ... Generalist TD
Pradeep Chouksey ... compositor
William Christidass ... visual effects producer
Vinay Singh Chuphal ... visual effects supervisor
Agni Das ... prep artist: Future Works Media
Biju Dhanpalan ... visual effects supervisor
Dikshant Gaur ... digital compositor
Ajay Goswami ... fx artist: visual effects
Hardik Govindya ... motion graphic artist: visual effects
Ravi Jadaun ... Compositor
Daniel Jadhav ... visual effects coordinator
Maheswar Jaganathan ... digital compositor
Anjalika Jain ... senior production coordinator
Aakash Jaisinghani ... Fx Artist
Jishon.N.Shoby ... prep artist: Future Works Media
Robin K.A ... Prep artist: futureworks media
Suyog Kadam ... compositor
T. Kannan ... visual effects supervisor
Javed Bashir Khan ... production manager
Rehmat Khan ... visual effects coordinator
Kamlesh Kumar ... visual effects
Kamlesh Kumar ... visual effects supervisor
Ravindra Mahajan ... Sr. Digital Matte Paint Artist: After Studio
Antam Malakar ... digital compositor: Future Works Media
Vijay Malik ... compositor
Anil Kumar Maurya ... compositor
Aniket Mhatre ... visual effects producer
Raj Mhatre ... Lighting Artist
Kaushal Mistry ... VFX Compositor & Animator
Shreeram Modak ... motion graphic artist: visual effects
Rajesh Moopanar ... production coordinator
Mohd Muddaser ... compositor: visual effects
Jayram Naik ... Matte Paint Artist
Mukul Nainwal ... digital compositor
Anish Narayanan ... outsource manager
Panchal Narendra ... compositor
Janmanjay Palai ... visual effects artist
Chirag Panchal ... Associate Line Producer
Keshav Parab ... vfx compositor : Redchillies VFX
Nishikanta Patra ... Team Lead Matchmove
Suresh Pittala ... fx artist
Vikas Prajapati ... digital artist
Rajeev Rajasekharan ... VFX Creative Head
Vijay Rajbhar ... 2d Supervisor
Jayesh Rajgor ... visual effects coordinator
Navin Saran ... visual effects producer
Allan Sequeira ... Virtual Production: Unreal Engine Artist
Jimish Shah ... visual effects coordinator
Paras Paresh Shah ... matchmove artist
Vishal Shah ... cg supervisor
Mushir Shaikh ... VFX Supervisor
Sameer Shaikh ... motion graphic artist: visual effects
V. Gouri Shankar Rao ... compositing supervisor
Hariom Sharma ... visual effects supervisor
Madani Shereef ... graphic designer
Shubham Shetty ... visual effects artist
Jitesh Shinde ... visual effects artist
Sanket Shirke ... visual effects
Ankit Singh ... Compositing lead (creditOnly)
Pragati Singh ... visual effects supervisor
Sahil Solanki ... visual effects coordinator
Srinivasan.A ... Lead Compositor: visual effects
Chandrashekhar Thanvi ... visual effects supervisor: Redchillies.vfx
Vikaspatwa ... compositor
Lalit Verma ... senior modeling artist (uncredited)

Stunts

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Ratan Bose ... action director (as Rattan Bose)
Ratan ... action director

Camera and Electrical Department

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Islahuddin Ashraf ... camera operator
Prathamesh prakash Avasare ... Aerial Cinematographer: Drone operator
Rajkishor Chaurasiya ... camera technician
Melwin Dmello ... Keygrip
Kshitij Kumar Goel ... gimbal operator
Pankaj Gupta ... camera technician
Ranjeet Kamble ... drone operator
Deepak Kanojiya ... gaffer
Rajesh Kumar ... camera
Saroj Kumar ... focus puller
Seemab A. Sheikh Nag ... Focus Pullar: a camera
Devu Narayanan ... first assistant camera
Piyush Parmar ... aerial cinematographer
Sadik Khan Pathan ... focus puller
Ayan Saxena ... camera operator
Abdul Azim Shaikh ... B CAM: focus puller
Nandkishor Shigvan ... drone operator
Karaj Singh ... focus puller
Nikhil Sonawane ... aerial cinematographer
Akanksha Srivastav ... Second Assistant Cinematographer
Adri Thakur ... associate cinematographer
Joseph Thomas ... Opertec Head Technician: Zoo Grips

Animation Department

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Pallavi Gedam ... background artist
Vinod Ravindranathan ... motion designer

Casting Department

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Godfrey Edge ... Assistant Casting Director
Sheetal Jadhav ... Assistant Casting Director

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Yogita Bhardwaj ... Saree Drapper
Deepak Chaudhary ... dressman
Faruq ... tailor
Sneha Gajula ... costume assistant
Jitendra Mahore ... dressman
Dhanpat Mandal ... dressman
Priya More ... costume assistant
Jatinder Singh ... assistant costume designer
Dilip Sonker ... dressman
Vivek Tiwari ... Head Dressman

Location Management

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Pankaj Kumar Mark ... location production assistant (as Pankaj Kumar)
Rajesh Mudaliar ... location manager
Dilbag Singh ... location manager

Music Department

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Gábor Buczkó ... recording engineer
The Budapest Scoring Symphony Orchestra ... ochestra
Vatsal Chevli ... music
Aftab Khan ... music
Vishal Khurana ... music director
Prateek Kuhad ... singer
Dávid Lukács ... pro-tools engineer
Péter Pejtsik ... ochestra (as Peter Pejtsik)
Jasleen Royal ... singer
Puneet Sharma ... lyricist
Samarth Srinivasan ... orchestrator
Amit Trivedi ... singer

Script and Continuity Department

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Rehan Balaporia ... script assistant
Hammaad Danish ... script supervisor

Additional Crew

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Srishty Agarwal ... Director Assistant
Ruban Ashokan ... production assistant
Popat Dishang ... videographer: behind the scenes
Amitoj Singh Grewal ... acting workshop assistant: for Strictly Speaking
Kayoze Irani ... associate director
Paridhi Jain ... post director's assistant
Swara Jamdar ... Visual Promotions Editor
Jeewan Joshi ... head of distribution
Sahil Kajale ... Head Of Visual Promotions
Neha Kaul ... Publicist
Kuldeep ... assistant
Vikas Kumar ... acting workshop director: for Strictly Speaking
Tanuja Naik ... post production supervisor
Minnesh Patil ... production assistant
Ankush Rai ... Business Development Manager: After Studio
Rishi Rao ... Post Production Executive: Netflix
Bir Saaz ... Graphic Designer: Visual Promotions
Amish Shah ... marketing manager
Nideesh Vasu ... subtitles
Satyendra Yadav ... production assistant

Thanks

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Udit Duseja ... thanks
Rajendra Gurjar ... thanks
Kshitij Mehta ... special thanks
Akshai Puri ... special thanks
Jay Shewakramani ... special thanks
Clifford Werber ... special thanks

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

Arjun Pathak once a prime time news anchor for TRTV go demoted from his position due to unacceptable reasons and now works as an RJ for the same channel for current affairs.Arjun while of air gets a call from Raghubir Matha stating that he will blow the sea link but he takes it as a joke and asks him to go ahead and next moment the sea link is blown killing innocent lives.Arjun does not report about Raghubir to the cops but keeps a demand in front of his boss Ankita Malaskar that he will have to be given his prime time seat back if she wants to air the prime news on her channel.Ankita whose more concerned about her channel ratings strikes deal but Arjun will have to show the news what she wants.Arjun covers the news where Raghubir demands that the Chief Minister should come to his studio and say sorry to him during his live telecast or else there will be more destruction. But Ankita's only priority is to check her TRP ratings where Raghubir causes more destruction where Arjun looses his wife Saumya as well as causes trouble for himself. Written by alex.mjacko@gmail.com

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Also Known As
  • Dhamaaka (India, Hindi title)
  • 다마카 - 더 테러 라이브 (South Korea)
  • El estallido de la noticia (United States, Spanish title)
  • Dhamaka: L'effet d'une bombe (France)
  • Der Knall (Germany)
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Runtime
  • 103 min
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