Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Manoj Bajpayee | ... | Professor Ramchandra Siras | |
Rajkummar Rao | ... | Deepu Sebastian | |
Ashish Vidyarthi | ... | Advocate Anand Grover | |
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Balaji Gauri | ... | Nita Grewal |
Sukhesh Arora | ... | Tahir Islam | |
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Nutan Surya | ... | Anjali Gopalan |
Dilnaz Irani | ... | Namita | |
Ishwak Singh | ... | Arvind Narayan | |
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Sumit Gulati | ... | Tashi |
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K.R. Parmeshwar | ... | Prof. Sridharan |
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Suman Vaidya | ... | Shadab Qureshi |
Saptrishi Ghosh | ... | Nita Grewal's Assistant | |
Eisha Chopra | ... | Sonali | |
Farrukh Jaffar | ... | Deepu's Landlord | |
Sachin Parikh | ... | Anuj |
Set in the state of Uttar Pradesh and based on true events, the plot revolves around Dr Shrinivas Ramchandra Siras who taught Marathi at Aligarh Muslim University. He was sacked from his position of Reader and Chair of Modern Indian Languages, on charges of homosexuality. A sting operation was conducted by a TV channel which showed him in an embrace with a rickshaw puller, at his house inside the campus. Written by mishravikky68
As his character 'Siras' says that the poetry lies in between the words, in the pauses, to me, true moments of 'Aligarh' lies in between the dialogs, in silence. Manoj Bajpayee, take a bow. Every frame of him is a personification of crumbling, vulnerable and fragile lonely personality.
The movie revolves around the legal battle of revocation of suspension, but there is one moment which sums up the character. In the court room, among the legal arguments, Siras goes into sleep, totally disinterested. What a poignant moment, let you guys fight over legality, morality, but tell me where is my fault. And if that is not your discussion point, I am not interested.