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18 October 2013
- Release dates 6 September 2012 (2012-09-06) (Toronto) 18 October 2013 (2013-10-18) (India)
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It was released theatrically in India on 18 October 2013 and met with critical acclaim. Rao received the Best Actor Award and Mehta the Best Director Award at the 61st National Film Awards ceremony. Plot. Shahid Azmi and his family were terrorised during the Bombay riots when hundreds of Hindus and Muslims died.
Shahid Azmi (1977 – 11 February 2010) was an Indian lawyer and human rights activist. Azmi was accused of crime at a young age; in 1992, aged 15, he was arrested for violence during the 1992 Bombay riots. Let off lightly as a juvenile, and due to lack of any proper evidence against him.
Shahid: Directed by Hansal Mehta. With Rajkummar Rao, Prabhleen Sandhu, Mohd. Zeeshan Ayyub, Baljinder Kaur. The account of Human Rights lawyer Shahid Azmi, an ordinary citizen with an extraordinary commitment to justice.
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- Biography, Drama
- Hansal Mehta
- 2013-10-18
Release Date: 18 Oct 2013 | Runtime: 129 min | Genre: Drama. Total Nett Gross: 1,99,75,000. CAST & CREDITS. Production Banner: Bohra Bros | UTV Motion Pictures. SYNOPSIS. Shahid traces the story of a slain human rights activist and lawyer Shahid Azmi. Set during the communal violence that was unleashed in the city of Mumbai in1993.
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- $30,000
Nov 10, 2011 · Nearly two years after lawyer Shahid Azmi was killed,Bollywood has begun chronicling his life. Shahid s house and office is buzzing,with movie crew meeting his colleagues and family members. The project was launched soon after Azmi was shot dead in his office at Taximen Colony in Kurla in 2010.
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Sep 28, 2012 · Shahid - the eponymous film about Shahid Azmi, the defence lawyer for one of three men accused of involvement in the 2008 Mumbai attacks - had its world premiere at the recent Toronto Film...
The film opens with murder of Shahid Azmi (Rajkummar Rao) and goes into flashback to the violence during the Bombay riots. There Shahid witnesses cold-blooded murders and in anger runs away to Pakistan-administered Kashmir, where he spends a brief period at a militant training camp. He soon returns.
