When Parima, a school teacher in Delhi, is gang-raped on her way home late at night after an office party, Raavi, a prosecution lawyer, fights tooth and nail to help her get justice. But when eighty sexual assault cases are reported in India every single day, regardless of age group, ethnicity, time, or place, and only four go to trial, what does justice really mean?
Acting
Taapsee Pannu weaponizes courtroom silence like a blade.
Direction
Sinha refuses the catharsis you desperately want.
Writing
Dialogue so sharp it draws actual blood.
Director
Anubhav Sinha
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sinha's third 'issue' film after Article 15 and Thappad, completing his unofficial 'Indian institutions trilogy' that treats progressive cinema as forensic investigation.
The title 'Assi' means 'eighty' in Hindi—referencing the daily assault statistic that becomes a haunting refrain. The film was originally titled Criminal Justice 4 before Sinha demanded it stand alone.
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