Dirty Politics (film)

Dirty Politics is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language political thriller written and directed by K. C. Bokadia with an ensemble cast. The film was released on 6 March 2015 with an adult rating due to its strong sexual content. It was a box office disaster.^[1]

Dirty Politics
Directed by	K. C. Bokadia
Written by	K. C. Bokadia
Story by	K. C. Bokadia
Starring	Mallika Sherawat Jackie Shroff Anupam Kher Om Puri Ashutosh Rana Rajpal Yadav Naseeruddin Shah
Cinematography	Paneer Selvam
Edited by	Prakash Jha
Music by	Songs: Aadesh Shrivastav Robby Badal Sanjeev Darshan Lyrics: Sameer
Production company	B.M.B Music & Magnetics Ltd.
Distributed by	Zee Music
Release date	6 March 2015 (2015-03-06)
Running time	130 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Plot

The film is based on the infamous Bhanwari Devi case of an auxiliary nurse from Rajasthan who disappeared on 1 September 2011.

Cast

• Naseeruddin Shah as Manoj Singh
• Mallika Sherawat as Anokhi Devi
• Jackie Shroff as Mukhtiar Singh
• Anupam Kher as CBI officer Satya Prakash Mishra
• Om Puri as Dina Nath Singh, Jan Seva Party President
• Atul Kulkarni as Nirbhay Singh, Police Inspector
• Rahul Solanki
• Ashutosh Rana as Dayal Singh
• Rajpal Yadav as Banaram, Anokhi Devi's bodyguard
• Sushant Singh as Nischay Singh, Police Inspector
• Govind Namdev as Karan Singh, Police Superintendent
• Charu Sharma
• Awadhesh Mishra as Jabbar Singh
• Sunil Pal as Nathu Lal
• Komal Nahta as Newsreader

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Sanjeev Darshan and Aadesh Shrivastava, and Sameer wrote the lyrics. It was Aadesh Shrivastav's last film as a music composer.

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Ghaghara"	Mamta Sharma	4:25
2.	"Chal Dum"	Neha Bhasin	4:06
Total length:			8:31

Critical reception

This film received highly negative reviews from critics, criticising everything ^{[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]} The initial posters of the film courted controversy for depicting Sherawat draped in the Indian tricolour, due to which a case was lodged against the director under the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act.^[9]