Dirty Politics is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language political thriller film 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.[1]

Dirty Politics
Directed byK. C. Bokadia
Written byK. C. Bokadia
Story byK. C. Bokadia
StarringMallika Sherawat
Jackie Shroff
Anupam Kher
Om Puri
Ashutosh Rana
Rajpal Yadav
Naseeruddin Shah
CinematographyPaneer Selvam
Edited byPrakash Jha
Music bySongs:
Aadesh Shrivastav
Robby Badal
Sanjeev Darshan
Lyrics:
Sameer
Production
company
B.M.B Music & Magnetics Ltd.
Distributed byZee Music
Release date
  • 6 March 2015 (2015-03-06)
Running time
130 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Plot

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

Cast

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Soundtrack

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

No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Ghaghara"Mamta Sharma4:25
2."Chal Dum"Neha Bhasin4:06
Total length:8:31

Critical reception

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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]

References

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  1. ^ Mallika Sherawat starrer Dirty Politics banned in Bihar. bollywoodhungama.com. 4 March 2015
  2. ^ "Film review: Dirty Politics".
  3. ^ "Dirty Politics Movie Review: Mallika Sherawat's Dirty Torture". 5 March 2015.
  4. ^ "Bollywood review: Mallika Sherawat, Om Puri play 'Dirty Politics' – Entertainment – Bollywood – Emirates24|7".
  5. ^ "Dirty Politics movie review: Mallika Sherawat seems disinterested; story has no energy!". 7 March 2015.
  6. ^ Kamath, Sudhish (7 March 2015). "Dirty Politics: Poor man's Raajneeti". The Hindu.
  7. ^ "Dirty Politics Movie Review". 5 June 2020.
  8. ^ "'Dirty Politics' movie review: Not Mallika Sherawat's redeeming vehicle". The Financial Express. 7 March 2015. Archived from the original on 9 March 2015. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  9. ^ "Mallika Sherawat in 'Dirty Politics' trouble: Case filed for 'disrespecting' National Flag".
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