Ugly (2013)

The case of a missing girl takes us through a journey of human greed and brushes upon the egos and repressed emotions of the characters.

Director:

Anurag Kashyap

Writers:

Akhilesh Jaiswal (additional writer), Anurag Kashyap

Stars:

Rahul Bhat, Ronit Roy, Tejaswini Kolhapure

Top Rated Indian Movies #74 | 3 wins & 9 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Rahul Bhat	...	Rahul Kapoor
Ronit Roy	...	Shoumik Bose
Tejaswini Kolhapure	...	Shalini Bose
Vineet Kumar Singh	...	Chaitanya Mishra
Surveen Chawla	...	Rakhi Malhotra
Siddhant Kapoor	...	Siddhant
Sandesh Jadhav	...	Rane
Anshikaa Shrivastava	...	Kali Varshney (as Anshika Shrivastava)
Murari Kumar	...	Shrilal The Baloon Guy
Abir Goswami	...	ACP Gupta (as Late Abir Goswami)
Madhavi Singh	...	ACP Upadhyay
Manoj Khalatkar	...	ACP Khanwilkar (as Manoj Kolhatkar)
Ajay Purkar	...	ACP Godbole
Girish Kulkarni	...	Inspector Jadhav
Jayant Gadekar	...	Inspector Direkar

Storyline

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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Plot Keywords:

daughter | casting director | actor | police | missing girl | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

26 December 2014 (India)

Also Known As:

Brzydki

Filming Locations:

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Box Office

Budget:

$1,475,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

DAR Motion Pictures,Phantom Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

128 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Director Anurag Kashyap says, that this is his most accomplished film by far.

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Goofs

When Rahul is given 50 lakhs by the police to hand to the kidnapper, the amount should have been 20 lakhs instead. A few scenes before we see the police catching Shalini's brother who had actually demanded the 50 lakhs. So, that would leave the police with the phone call (by Rakhee) the source of the real kidnapper. And Rakhee had actually demanded 20 lakhs, not 50.

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Connections

References Yamla Pagla Deewana (2011)

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Soundtracks

Suraj Hai Kahan
Lyrics by Gaurav Solanki
Singer: G.V. Prakash Kumar

User Reviews

Brilliant....all the way!

Ugly is one of the finest works from Anurag Kashyap. It continues to depict what he started with Last Train to Mahakali...and later with Paanch... - his love (and hate) for the dark side of human mind.

Ugly at its heart is a racy thriller, intriguing, loaded with dark humor and real, gray characters, as unpredictable as only humans can be. Technically its brilliant. And its as close as you can get to original in Bollywood world.

It keeps you glued to the screen for 130 min and leaves you numb when the show is over.

P.S. Definitely not for the lovers of Dhoom-3, Kick and P-K genre, who like their cinema light, escapist and with popcorn.