Aligarh (2016)
Original title: अलीगढ़
Set in the city of Uttar Pradesh and based on true events, the plot revolves around Dr Shrinivas Ramchandra Siras who taught Marathi at Aligarh Muslim University. He was sacked from his position of Reader and Chair of Modern Indian Languages, on charges of homosexuality. A sting operation was conducted by a TV channel which showed him in an embrace with a rickshaw puller, at his house inside the campus.
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Sukhesh AroraTahir Islam
Manoj BajpayeeProfessor Siras
Balaji GauriNita Grewal
Sumit GulatiTashi
Dilnaz IraniNamitaK.R. ParmeshwarProf. Sridharan
Rajkummar RaoDeepu Sebastian
Ishwak SinghArvind NarayanNutan SuryaAnjali GopalanSuman VaidyaShadab Qureshi
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What is Aligarh about?
Set in the city of Uttar Pradesh and based on true events, the plot revolves around Dr Shrinivas Ramchandra Siras who taught Marathi at Aligarh Muslim University. He was sacked from his position of Reader and Chair of Modern Indian Languages, on charges of homosexuality. A sting operation was conducted by a TV channel which showed him in an embrace with a rickshaw puller, at his house inside the campus.
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Aligarh has a runtime of 114 minutes.
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