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Shanghai is a film of genre Drama directed by Dibakar Banerjee with Abhay Deol
Shanghai (2012)
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Add to a movie listShanghai is a 2012 Indian political thriller film directed by Dibakar Banerjee, starring Abhay Deol, Emraan Hashmi, Kalki Koechlin, Prosenjit Chatterjee, and based on the French film Z and a novel by the same name by Vassilis Vassilikos. On 6 June 2012, the high court refused stay on the release of the film. It received critical acclaim upon its release on 8 June 2012 with 1200 prints.
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The film is set in the fictional city of Bharat Nagar, which is hailed as an example of progress through infrastructure. State government is planning to build an International Business Park (IBP), making the city a Shanghai.Actors
Abhay Deol
(T. A. Krishnan)
Emraan Hashmi
(Joginder Parmar)
Kalki Koechlin
(Shalini Sahay)
Prosenjit Chatterjee
(Dr. Ahmad)
Supriya Pathak
(Chief Minister Madamji)
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