Aligarh (2016)

Aligarh (2016)

2016-02-26 India 114 Min. PG-13
7 46 votes

Overview

Set in the city of Uttar Pradesh and based on true events, the plot revolves around Dr. Shrinivas Ramchandra Siras who taught Marathi at Aligarh Muslim University. He was sacked from his position of Reader and Chair of Modern Indian Languages, on charges of homosexuality. A sting operation was conducted by a TV channel which showed him in an embrace with a rickshaw puller, at his house inside the campus.

Cast

Manoj Bajpayee is Professor Siras
Professor Siras
Rajkummar Rao is Deepu Sebastian
Deepu Sebastian
Ishwak Singh is Arvind Narayan
Arvind Narayan
Dilnaz Irani is Namita
Sukhesh Arora is Tahir Islam
Tahir Islam
Balaji Gauri is Nita Grewal
Nita Grewal
K.R. Parmeshwar is Prof. Sridharan
Prof. Sridharan
Nutan Surya is Anjali Gopalan
Anjali Gopalan
Suman Vaidya is Shadab Qureshi
Shadab Qureshi
Ashish Vidhyarthi is Vijay Grover
Vijay Grover