Details

Release year: 2015

Storyline

Raghu begins walking a fine line between good and evil as he exacts violent revenge on two criminals who killed his family 15 years ago.

Top credits

Directors

Sriram Raghavan

Writers

Cast

Varun Dhawan — Raghav Purohit
Nawazuddin Siddiqui — Liak Tungekar
Yami Gautam — Misha
Huma Qureshi — Jhimli

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Did you know

• The title Badlapur is a reference to two things: one, "badla" means "revenge" in Hindi, and two, the protagonist sees a "badlav" i.e. "transformation" in himself in the film. Also, Badlapur is the name of a railway station in Mumbai, that is often used as a location for arrival and departure from Pune, where the main events in the film take place.

• Movie is inspired by Italian Noir novel Death's Dark Abyss by Massimi Carlotto.

• Director Sriram Raghavan was narrating the script to producer Dinesh Vijan, when Varun Dhawan called. Dinesh Vijan invited Varun Dhawan over as he was in the vicinity. Sriram Raghavan narrated the script to Varun Dhawan, who instantly liked the script and asked all the right questions, thus leading to the accidental casting of Varun Dhawan.