Mahipat Babruvahan becomes the first from his caste and village to complete his M.A. degree. Being fired from his current job after expecting a raise, he takes up a new job as a professor where his patience is put to the test by his students and his love interest.
Acting
Shreyas Talpade's simmering restraint as dignity meets daily humiliation.
Writing
Satire sharp enough to cut through 'progressive' institutional hypocrisy.
Director
Sourabh Shrivastava
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title 'Typecaste' weaponizes a Hollywood term to describe India's rigid social scripting—your role written at birth.
Shreyas Talpade produced this himself after mainstream Bollywood kept offering him slapstick; it's his middle finger to being typecast in both industries.
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