Shahid is not just gritty and gripping but also a highly inspirational and emotionally stirring. One of the must watch films of the year.

 

This brilliant actor, whose forte is underplaying, imbues Shahid's role with the kind of tightly-reined tumult and an unspoken anguish that actors in our cinema seldom get a chance to put forward in the characters they play.

 

Cast: Raj Kumar Yadav, Tigmanshu Dhulia, Prabhleen Sandhu, Baljinder Kaur

DVD Features:Dolby Digital 5.1,Anamorphic WideScreen,NTSC All Regions, English Subtitles

Director: Hansal Mehta

Producer: Anurag Kashyap, Sunil Bohra, Ronnie Screwvala, Siddharth Roy Kapur

Music:Karan Kulkarni

 

The movie takes off with the Bombay riots of 92-93, the effect of which is so detrimental on young Shahid that he takes up a stint at a militant training camp in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir trying to find some sense in fundamentalist and radical ideology. His tryst at the militia camp isn't too long for the violence isn't something he subscribes too.

 

Disillusioned, he returns to his home only to be caught by the cops for being involved with the Jihadis who apparently planned an attack on Bal Thakeray. During interrogation he gets duped into signing his confession form despite not having any proof against him and is sent for 7 years of imprisonment. Shahid makes use of the time to educate himself. On being released he pursues a course in Law and ends up becoming a lawyer who fights against those like him who get arrested wrongly.