Badla(2019)
A dynamic young entrepreneur finds herself locked in a hotel room with the corpse of her dead lover. She hires a prestigious lawyer to defend her and they work together to figure out what actually happened.
Quick Facts
- Streaming on
- Netflix
- Theatrical Release
- 8 March 2019
- Director
- Sujoy Ghosh
- Language
- Hindi
- Runtime
- 2h
- Rating
- 7.8/10
Storyline
A successful businesswoman wakes up in a hotel room next to her lover's body. With no memory of the event, she hires a famous lawyer to help her. Together, they try to piece together the truth of that night.
“A dead lover. A locked room. What's her story?”
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Frequent partnerships reunited for Badla
Cast reunions in this film: Shahrukh Khan & Naseeruddin Shah (7 films together), Shahrukh Khan & Amitabh Bachchan (6 films together), Naseeruddin Shah & Amitabh Bachchan (6 films together), Amitabh Bachchan & Amrita Singh (6 films together), Sujoy Ghosh & Clinton Cerejo (3 films together), and Taapsee Pannu & Anupam Roy (2 films together).
Trivia
- The film is an official adaptation of the 2016 Spanish film 'The Invisible Guest'.
- Amitabh Bachchan and Taapsee Pannu worked together for the third time in this film.
- The entire movie was shot in Scotland over a period of 30 days.
- Director Sujoy Ghosh also wrote the Hindi dialogues for the adaptation.
- The film's title 'Badla' translates to 'Revenge' in English.
- It was a commercial success, earning over ₹138 crore worldwide against a modest budget.
- The plot relies heavily on a single-room setting for many key dialogue scenes.