Shahid (film)

Shahid is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language biographical drama film

Shahid
directed by Hansal Mehta. Jointly produced by Anurag Kashyap,
UTV Spotboy and Sunil Bohra, it is based on the life of lawyer
and human rights activist Shahid Azmi, who was assassinated in
2010. The film stars Rajkummar Rao in the titular role;
Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub, Prabhleen Sandhu and Baljinder
Kaur appear in supporting roles.

Mehta took a break after some of his films were box-office

failures. When he heard about Azmi's murder, he felt the need to
make a film about his life. He began his research for the film
nearly three months after Azmi's murder. Mehta met writer Sameer
Gautam Singh, who wrote the screenplay after researching Azmi's
life and spending months interviewing Azmi's family. Apurva
Asrani did additional work on the screenplay with Mehta and also
served as the film's editor. Anuj Dhawan was the director of
photography.

Shahid had its world premiere at the 2012 Toronto International Theatrical release poster
Film Festival's City to City programme in 2012. It was screened at Directed by Hansal Mehta
several other film festivals including the 14th Mumbai Film
Festival, the New York Indian Film Festival, the Indian Film Produced by Anurag Kashyap
Festival of Stuttgart, the Dubai International Film Festival and the Sunil Bohra
Chicago South Asian Film Festival. The film was awarded the Ronnie Screwvala
Silver Gateway Trophy at the Mumbai film festival while Mehta Siddharth Roy
won the Best Director award. Mehta also won the best director Kapur
award at New York Indian Film Festival and at the Indian Film
Written by Sameer Gautam
Festival of Stuttgart. It was released theatrically in India on 18
October 2013 and met with critical acclaim. Rao received the Best Singh
Actor Award and Mehta the Best Director Award at the 61st Starring Rajkummar Rao
National Film Awards ceremony. Tigmanshu Dhulia
Kay Kay Menon
Prabhleen Sandhu
Contents Prabal Panjabi
Music by Karan Kulkarni
Plot
Cinematography Anuj Dhawan
Cast
Edited by Apurva Asrani
Production
Development Production Anurag Kashyap
company Films
Casting
Filming Bohra Bros
Production
Release and reception UTV Spotboy
Box office and awards
Distributed by UTV Motion
Critical response
Pictures
References Release date 6 September 2012
External links (Toronto)
18 October 2013
(India)
Plot
Running time 123 minutes

Shahid Azmi and his family are terrorised during the Bombay Country India
riots, when hundreds of Hindus and Muslims died. Later he goes Language Hindi
to Kashmir and spends a brief period at a terror training camp but
₹65 lakh[1]
soon returns after witnessing an execution. He moves back to Budget
Mumbai where he is arrested under the Terrorist and Disruptive Box office ₹3.60 crore[2]
Activities (Prevention) Act, for an alleged conspiracy to
assassinate some politicians. His brother Arif Azmi tries to bail him out but fails. Shahid is tortured by
police and forced to admit to the crime, after which he spends seven years at Tihar Jail in New Delhi. During
his incarceration Omar Sheikh tries to brainwash him. Another inmate, Ghulam Navi Waar, inspires him to
begin his college education, and once he is acquitted of the charges, he studies law in Mumbai.

After receiving his law degree, Shahid works with lawyer Maqbool Memon for a few months, before
starting his career as an independent lawyer with the financial support of his elder brother Arif. During this
process he meets Mariam, a Muslim divorcee, and marries her. Shahid soon starts picking up cases of
Muslims charged under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA). He fights many cases pro bono in
consultation with non-governmental organizations. Shahid's first major success as a defence lawyer is
winning an acquittal, due to lack of evidence, for Arif Paanwala who was arrested under POTA for the 2002
Mumbai bus bombing.

Shahid represents the accused in the 2006 Mumbai train bombings, the 2006 Aurangabad arms haul, and the
2006 Malegaon bombings case. He is criticised for supporting terrorists and starts getting threatening calls
that disturb his family life. On one occasion, Shahid's face is blackened by assailants outside the court room.
While defending Faheem Ansari in the 2008 Mumbai attacks case, he is shot by two gunmen in his office
and dies on the spot. Later, Ansari is shown to be acquitted of all charges by the Supreme Court of India due
to lack of evidence.

Cast
Rajkummar Rao as Shahid Azmi
Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub as Arif Azmi
Tigmanshu Dhulia as Maqbool Memon
Kay Kay Menon as Ghulam Navi Waar
Prabal Panjabi as Omar Sheikh
Prabhleen Sandhu as Mariam
Vivek Ghamande as Faheem Ansari
Baljinder Kaur as Ammi

Production
"I was very mesmerised by this
Development young lad who had taken on the
system on his own. He was
killed at 32, but there was so
much he had achieved before
In an interview with Priyanka Pereira of The Wall Street Journal, that. I knew there was a story to
director Hansal Mehta said that he needed a break after some of his films tell there."
proved to be a box-office failures, like Woodstock Villa (2007) and
Raakh (2010).[3] On 11 February 2010, lawyer Shahid Azmi was shot Mehta on the film.[3]
dead in his office in Mumbai at the age of 32.[4] He had represented
those accused of the 2006 Mumbai train bombings, the 2006 Malegaon
bombings and while he was defending Faheem Ansari in the 2008 Mumbai attacks case, he was killed.[5]
Azmi was arrested during the communal riots of 1992-1993 in Mumbai and later studied law and began
defending people arrested on false charges.[6] The lawyer secured 17 acquittals in his seven-year career.[7]
Mehta said that when he heard about Azmi's murder, he had a sense that the tale of his life could pull his
"creativity out of the rut".[3] He felt that Azmi lived an "ordinary life, with extraordinary conviction to do
what he believed was right" and that his story "had to be told".[7] Mehta began his research nearly three
months after Azmi's murder.[8] He later met writer Sameer Gautam Singh, who approached Mehta with a
script. Mehta said he could not make a film with the script and asked him if he was would co-write another
script with him. Singh agreed, and Mehta sent him along with his son Jai Mehta to Azmi's hometown to
meet his family. They interviewed his family members and friends for two months.[9] Mehta chose not to go
with them as he feared that on seeing a filmmaker, Azmi's family and friends would "alter the version" of his
life.[9]

Both Mehta and Singh read several of Azmi's cases for the story.[10] Mehta noticed that they were written in
simple English that could be understood by anyone: "It told me he was a no-nonsense guy. He wanted to
fight the battle and not beat around the bush." Mehta and Singh also met his colleagues, attended court
sessions, petitions, litigations and learned how to get a client acquitted.[10] Mehta later went to seek
permission to make the film to the family members who expressed their skepticism about the project. Later,
they agreed and talked to him about Azmi.[3] The film focused on Azmi's beginnings and two cases he
handled: the 2006 Mumbai train blasts and the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks. Mehta combined several of
Azmi's petitions into a single case for "clarity and dramatic impact".[7]

Casting

Mehta said he was looking for "big stars" for the film, but most were not interested because of his earlier
failures. At the time, the film's co-producer Anurag Kashyap suggested he cast Rajkummar Rao thinking he
was perfect for the role of Azmi. Later, casting director Mukesh Chhabra sent Rao to Mehta's office. Mehta
cast him after a screen test. Mehta felt Rao "surrendered himself completely" to the film.[3] In preparing for
the role, Rao met Azmi's family and spent time with them to understand the man and his personality. He also
studied the Quran and attended courtrooms to understand how lawyers behave.[11][12] Rao said he was
"emotionally drained" as the character was challenging and complex. In the scenes where he had to cry, Rao
said he could not stop himself, thinking about what Azmi had to go through.[12]

Tigmanshu Dhulia, Prabhleen Sandhu, Kay Kay Menon and Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub played supporting
roles in the film.[12][13] Vivek Ghamande played the role of Faheem Ansari while Baljinder Kaur of
Ammi.[14]

Filming

Shahid was made on a production budget of ₹65 lakh (US$91,000) and filmed in complete secrecy.[7][11] It
was shot in several Mumbai neighbourhoods Azmi had frequented including Kurla, Govandi and
Pydhonie.[10] Mehta chose to shoot in the apartment above Azmi's ground floor residence in the Taximen's
Colony as he wanted to "capture the sense of claustrophobia and unkemptness of his home".[15] Some
portions of the film were shot in Azmi's office and his colony.[16] Shahid was also shot in Nagpada, where
Faheem Ansari's wife Yasmin lives.[17] The scenes in the terrorist training camp were shot in Himachal
Pradesh.[12]

Mehta decided to depict realistic court scenes based on his team's observation of real courts.[10] They visited
the Andheri Court and the Esplanade Court among others, taking photographs to recreate the ambience for
the courtroom scenes.[12] Courtroom sets were built because filming in an actual court is not permitted.[12]
The scene where Azmi's face is blackened by assailants outside a courtroom was a re-enactment of an
incident from Mehta's own life. In 2000, members of Shiv Sena who were protesting against Mehta's drama
film Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar!! attacked him and vandalised his office.[7]

The film's unit consisted of about 17 people because of budget and time constraints; it was made on a budget
of ₹65 lakh (US$91,000).[10][1] The film was shot linearly on a non-linear draft. Mehta said it was filmed
guerilla style using all "available digital formats without really worrying about which lens was
available".[12] The filmmaker used only natural or minimal lighting.[15] For an interrogation scene, Rao
suggested Mehta show him naked as he wanted to "feel the embarrassment, the mental pain of the
character."[18] The film's editor, Apurva Asrani, edited the film in a linear order as he felt an earlier version
was "not working". Mehta ultimately decided to give him a screenplay credit as he felt Asrani "shaped the
narrative" of the film.[10]

Shahid was jointly produced by Kashyap, UTV Spotboy and Sunil Bohra.[19] Azmi had defended Kashyap's
film Black Friday (2007) in the courts while it was debarred from release by the Central Board of Film
Certification.[9] Anuj Dhawan served as the film's director of photography.[20] Mehta said that they had a lot
of material they did not use as "not all of it could translate into a scene"; he wanted the film to be more
accessible.[15] Azmi's brother Khalid Azmi said of the film's authenticity that "it is 95 percent accurate."[9]

Release and reception

Shahid premiered at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival in its "City to City" programme in
September 2012.[21][22] The film was screened at several film festivals including the 14th Mumbai Film
Festival, the New York Indian Film Festival, the Indian Film Festival of Stuttgart, the Dubai International
Film Festival and the Chicago South Asian Film Festival.[23][18][24] The film's album soundtrack consisted
of one song titled "Beparwah", sung by Arijit Singh.[25] The music was composed by Karan Kulkarni.[26]
The film's poster, which showed Rao's blackened face, was also released.[27] The official trailer was
unveiled on 20 September 2013.[24] The film opened in India on 18 October 2013 around 400
screens.[22][28] A private screening of the film was held for the cast and crew before its release.[29] Shahid is
also available on Netflix.[30]

Box office and awards

Shahid opened to small audiences in theatres and earned a total of ₹45 lakh (US$63,000).[2] It went on to
take in ₹2.05 crore (US$290,000) at the end of its first weekend.[28] The film performed well with multiplex
audiences compared to single screens.[31] It collected ₹32 lakh (US$45,000) on the fifth day, ₹30 lakh
(US$42,000) on the sixth, and ₹26 lakh (US$36,000) seventh day. The film's total box office collection at
the end of its theatrical run was ₹3.607 crore (US$510,000).[2]

Rao received the Best Actor Award and Mehta the Best Director Award at the 61st National Film Awards
ceremony.[32] Rao also won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor at the 59th Filmfare Awards.[33] At
the 14th Mumbai International Film Festival, the film won the Silver Gateway trophy and cash prize of
₹5 lakh (US$7,000) while Mehta won the Best Director award.[34]
Mehta won the Best Director award at the New York Indian Film
Festival and at the Indian Film Festival of Stuttgart.[35][36]

Critical response

Shahid received mostly positive reviews from the critics with

particular praise for Rao's performance.[15][37][38] Saibal Chatterjee
of NDTV called it a "gritty, gutsy, bold and brave" film that Rao receiving the National Award
articulates "uncomfortable truths about contemporary India, its from the then President of India,
media, its judiciary and, of course, its people."[39] Sify's Sonia Pranab Mukherjee.
Chopra gave a positive review, writing that the film "salutes the man
who walked a unique path" and does "full justice to the man and his
extraordinary life."[40] Rajeev Masand wrote in his review: "The film itself is brave and unflinching, and
oozes the kind of sincerity that you long for in most Hindi films."[41] Madhureeta Mukherjee of The Times
of India said the film is "brutally honest, brave and above all a fascinating humane story".[42] Trisha of
Firstpost believed Mehta's directorial style echoed "Azmi's own commitment to a truth in which thoughtless
actions produce victims, rather than villainy producing heroes."[43]

Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express mentioned in her review that the film "needed to have been made" and
Mehta "tells it straight, without any false flourishes". She also praised Rao's performance, saying he "wears
the character like skin, and becomes Shahid."[44] India Today's Suhani Singh gave a positive review, writing
the film "stops short of hero worship and is a fitting tribute to an inspiring figure."[45] Anupama Chopra
praised Rao's performance in the film and called it his "triumph, [..] his Shahid has strength, anguish and a
controlled anger, but also real charm."[46] Vinayak Chakravorty of India Today noted it as a "career-defining
role" for Rao and the "biggest reason you will love this unusual film."[47] Baradwaj Rangan felt the film was
a "deeply humanistic drama" which "makes us think, but more often, it makes us feel."[48] Mid Day's
Shubha Shetty Saha wrote: "Not often do we get the opportunity to watch a relevant movie that depicts the
times we live in, with unblinking directness."[49]

Prasanna D Zore of Rediff.com called it a "gutsy and thought-provoking film", she added that it is not an "in
your face film": "It is a subtle, thought-provoking and gutsy story of a person who believed in the power of
truth and justice yet knew that the path he had taken was strewn with risks, indifference and ignominy."[50]
Saurav Datta of Daily News and Analysis opined the film was "incomplete" without showing Azmi's
younger brother's role as he took over his job; he felt the film also concluded with an "abrupt, grinding
halt".[51] Mint's Sanjukta Sharma called it an "admirable project" and praised Rao's performance but stated
the film fell "short of a masterpiece" as a biopic.[52] Namrata Joshi felt that the film "portrays the psyche of
the Indian Muslim in the changing, increasingly polarised India with warmth and simplicity."[53] Reuters
Shilpa Jamkhandikar responded positively to the film and praised Rao's performance: "As Shahid, Raj
Kumar injects the right amount of earnestness, anger and vulnerability into his role, to make this one of the
best performances we have seen this year."[54] Journalist and writer Rana Ayyub said that the film was a
"brave and worthy tribute to [Azmi's] work and courage."[55]

Among overseas reviewers, Omer M. Mozaffar of RogerEbert.com praised Mehta's direction and called his
work a "pleasant surprise": "the lack of polish at first seems like a film school weakness, but grows into a
well-crafted asset, especially in his deliberate fades to black."[56] Rachel Saltz of The New York Times gave
a positive review writing: "[Mehta] has made a film of conviction that’s neither plodding nor preachy."
However, Saltz felt the second half of the film was "truncated and overstuffed".[57] Mohammad Kamran
Jawaid of Dawn, gave the film a positive review writing that the two-hour time constraint "means there's
little room for the traditional expansion we get from biopics, and if at times Shahid feels like an expanded
best-of Mr. Azmi's life, it's because it is".[58]
Shahid was mentioned in critic and author Shubhra Gupta's book, 50 Films That Changed Bollywood, 1995-
2015.[59]

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