A rookie CBI officer must enlist the help of an incarcerated criminal in order to catch a serial child killer, who has recently escaped police custody.
Acting
Ashutosh Rana's Lajja Shankar is pure nightmare fuel — unhinged, theatrical, unforgettable.
Direction
Tanuja Chandra crafts India's rare female-directed serial killer thriller with unflinching grit.
Writing
The incarcerated-criminal-as-consultant premise, shamelessly borrowed but committed.
Director
Tanuja Chandra
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Alia Bhatt made her screen debut here at age six as young Reet, two decades before Rocky Aur Rani.
Sangharsh is widely considered Bollywood's first (unofficial) adaptation of The Silence of the Lambs, though the filmmakers denied it — the cell scenes and quid-pro-quo dynamic suggest otherwise.
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