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Kahaani (कहानी) 2012

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DirectorSujoy Ghosh
WriterSujoy Ghosh, Advaita Kala
ProducerSujoy Ghosh, Kushal Gada
Music DirectorVishal Dadlani, Shekhar Ravjiani
CinematographySetu
Film EditingNamrata Rao
Art DirectorKaushik Das, Subrata Barik
Camera Operator
Assistant Cameramen
Playback SingersUsha Uthup, Shekhar Ravjiani, Vishwesh Krishnamurthy, Javed Bashir, K K, Vishal Dadlani, Sukhwinder Singh, Shreya Ghoshal, Amitabh Bachchan
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Character Actor/Actress
Vidya Venkatesan-BagchiVidya Balan
Inspector Satyaki Sinha aka RanaParambrata Chatterjee
BhaskaranDhritiman Chatterjee
Bob BiswasSaswata Chatterjee
Arnab Bagchi / Milan DamjiIndraneil Sengupta
Mr. KhanNawazuddin Siddiqui
Retd. Colonel BajpaiDarshan Jariwala
Drunk at MonalisaSk. Azad Ahmed
Rasik TyagiMasood Akhtar
Bob's BossMohd. Faiz Alam
StudentRoshni Ali
BimalAnindya Banerjee
ReceptionistKamalika Banerjee
Police InspectorDibyendu Bardhan
Drunk at MonalisaParesh Bhowmick
SapnaPamela Singh Bhutoria
Agnes D'MelloColleen Blanche
Mrs. BoseMita Chakraborty
IB AgentMithun Chakraborty
Arup BasuAbir Chatterjee
Ramesh PalKalyan Chatterjee
HeadmasterPhalguni Chatterjee
Old Woman At MetroRumki Chatterjee
Fat ManVishal Chowdhury
Drunk at MonalisaShaubhik Das
TV VeiwerSourav Das
Monalisa ManagerNitya Ganguly
Milan's NeighbourShankar Ghoshal
Mother at Metro StationTaranjit Kaur
Mr. BoseBhaskar Majumdar
Inspector ChatterjeeKharaj Mukherjee
BishnuRitobroto Mukherjee
R. ShridharSantilal Mukherjee
Dr. GangulyKunal Padhy
Monalisa Manager's FriendDebdas Saha
IB AgentDebashish Sarkar
PoltuRiddhi Sen
TV VeiwerArindam Sil
NDC GuardNandadulal Tripathi
IB AgentAmit Vasudeva
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The film opens with a poison-gas attack on a Kolkata Metro Rail compartment, killing the passengers on board. Two years later Vidya Bagchi (Vidya Balan), a pregnant software engineer, arrives in Kolkata from London during the Durga Puja festivities in search of her missing husband, Arnab Bagchi. A police officer, Satyoki "Rana" Sinha (Parambrata Chatterjee), offers to help. Although Vidya claims that Arnab went to Kolkata on an assignment for the National Data Center (NDC), initial investigations suggest that no such person was employed by the NDC. Agnes D'Mello, the NDC's head of human resources, suggests to Vidya that her husband resembled former employee Milan Damji (Indraneil Sengupta), whose file is probably kept in the old NDC office. Before Agnes can provide any further help she is killed by Bob Biswas (Saswata Chatterjee), an assassin working undercover as a life insurance agent. Vidya and Rana break into the NDC office and find Damji's file, barely escaping an encounter with Bob, who is searching for the same information. Meanwhile, the attempts to obtain Damji's records have attracted the attention of two Intelligence Bureau (IB) officials in Delhi the chief Bhaskaran K. (Dhritiman Chatterjee) and his deputy Khan (Nawazuddin Siddiqui). Khan arrives in Kolkata and reveals that Damji was a rogue IB agent responsible for the poison-gas attack. In spite of Khan's warnings, Vidya continues her search, fearing that Arnab's resemblance to Damji may have led him into trouble. The address on Damji's record leads Vidya and Rana to a dilapidated flat. An errand boy from the neighbourhood tea stall identifies R. Sridhar, an NDC officer, as a frequent visitor to Damji's flat. Bob attempts to kill Vidya, but fails, and is run over by a Tempo during a chase. Examination of Bob's mobile phone leads Vidya and Rana to an IP address sending instructions to kill her. They break into Sridhar's office to verify his IP address, but he is alerted electronically and returns to his office. Vidya accidentally shoots Sridhar dead during a scuffle, which upsets Khan, who had wanted him alive. Sridhar's computer data reveals a code, which when deciphered reveals Bhaskaran's phone number. Vidya calls Bhaskaran to tell him that she has retrieved sensitive documents from Sridhar's office. She asks Bhaskaran to help find her husband in exchange for the documents, but Bhaskaran tells her to contact the local police. Vidya soon gets a call from an unknown number however, warning her that she should hand over the documents to the caller if she wishes to see her husband alive. Khan thinks the caller is Milan Damji. Vidya goes to meet Damji, followed by Rana and Khan. Damji cuts the meeting short when Vidya expresses her doubt that he will be able to return her husband in exchange for the sensitive file, and he attempts to leave. Vidya tries to stop him, and in the ensuing struggle Damji draws a gun on her. Vidya disarms him using the prosthetic belly she has been using to fake her pregnancy, before shooting him with his own gun. She flees into the crowd before the police arrive, leaving a thank you note for Rana and a pen drive containing data from Sridhar's computer, which leads to Bhaskaran's arrest. Rana concludes that no Vidya or Arnab Bagchi ever existed, and that Vidya had been using the police and the IB to achieve her own ends. Vidya is revealed to be the widow of Arup Basu (Abir Chatterjee), an IB officer and Damji's colleague, who was killed in the poison gas attack. In her mission to avenge his death, Vidya was helped by retired IB officer Pratap Bajpayee (Darshan Jariwala), who suspected the involvement of a top IB official.
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Release Date09-March-2012
Budget₹8 crore
Revenue₹104 crore
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Zee Cine Awards (2013):

Won:
Best Story - Sujoy Ghosh

Nominated:
Best Film - Sujoy Ghosh
Best Film - Kushal Gada
Best Actress - Vidya Balan

Screen Awards (2013):

Won:
Best Actor (Female) - Vidya Balan
Best Story - Sujoy Ghosh
Best Story - Advaita
Best Sound Design - Sanjay Maurya
Best Sound Design - Allwin Rego

Nominated:
Best Film - Sujoy Ghosh
Best Film - Kushal Gada
Best Director - Sujoy Ghosh
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male) - Parambrata Chatterjee
Best Ensemble Cast - Sujoy Ghosh
Best Ensemble Cast - Kushal Gada
Most Promising Newcomer (Male) - Parambrata Chatterjee
Best Background Score
Best Screenplay - Sujoy Ghosh
Best Editing
Best Cinematography
Best Production Design
Best Production Design

Filmfare Awards (2013):

Won:
Best Director - Sujoy Ghosh
Best Actor In A Leading Role (Female) - Vidya Balan
Best Sound Design - Sanjay Maurya
Best Sound Design - Allwin Rego

Nominated:
Best Film - Sujoy Ghosh
Best Film - Kushal Gada
Best Background Score
Best Cinematography
Best Editing
Best Production Design
Best Production Design
Best Screenplay - Sujoy Ghosh
Best Story - Sujoy Ghosh
Best Story
Best Debut (Male) - Parambrata Chatterjeeee

International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) (2013):

Won:
Performance in a Leading Role (Female) - Vidya Balan

Stardust Award (2013):

Nominated:
Breakthrough Supporting Performance (Male) - Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Breakthrough Supporting Performance (Male) - Parambrata Chatterjeeee
Breakthrough Supporting Performance (Male) - Saswata Chatterjee
Hottest Film Producer - Stardust Award for Hottest Film Producer
Best Actress - Thriller / Action
Star Of The Year (Female) - Vidya Balan
Dream Director - Sujoy Ghosh

Times Of India Film Awards (TOIFA) (2013):

Nominated:
Best Film - Sujoy Ghosh
Best Film - Kushal Gada
Best Director - Sujoy Ghosh
Best Actor (Female) - Vidya Balan
Best Film - Sujoy Ghosh
Best Film (2013) : Kushal Gada
Best Director - Sujoy Ghosh
Best Actor in a Negative Role (Male/ Female) - Saswata Chatterjee
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