Article 15(2019)
A young IPS officer’s new posting in rural India has him confronting caste disparities and uncomfortable truths in the face of a gruesome crime. When three girls go missing in the fictional village of Lalgaon, two of them are found dead and there is no trace of the third one. Where is she and who is responsible for this heinous act?
Quick Facts
- Streaming on
- Netflix
- Theatrical Release
- 28 June 2019
- Director
- Anubhav Sinha
- Language
- Hindi
- Runtime
- 2h 10m
- Rating
- 8.1/10
Storyline
A young police officer arrives for a new job in a rural village. He must confront deep-seated caste discrimination when three girls go missing. Two are found dead, and he races to find the third girl and uncover who is responsible.
“Justice has a caste. And a price.”
Film Details
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Cast & Crew
Reunion Meter
Frequent partnerships reunited for Article 15
Cast reunions in this film: Kumud Mishra & Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub (4 films together), Manoj Pahwa & Kumud Mishra (2 films together), and Manoj Pahwa & Anubhav Sinha (2 films together).
Trivia
- The film's title refers to Article 15 of the Indian Constitution, which prohibits discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex, or place of birth.
- Director Anubhav Sinha was inspired to make the film after reading about the 2014 Badaun gang rape and murder case.
- Actor Ayushmann Khurrana, who plays the IPS officer, spent time with real police officers to prepare for his role.
- The film's shooting location in Uttar Pradesh was chosen for its authentic rural landscape and caste-divided villages.
- A minor controversy arose because the film's poster showed Khurrana's character holding a cigarette, which some argued glorified smoking.
- The movie was a commercial success, earning over 1.3 billion rupees worldwide against a modest budget.
- Many dialogues in the film were improvised to make the conversations feel more natural and realistic.
