Aadhaar (film)

Aadhaar is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language dramedy film co-written and directed by Suman Ghosh.[1] Produced by Manish Mundra under his banner Drishyam Films, the film stars Vineet Kumar Singh, who is the first one in his village to get his Aadhaar card made.[2] Raghubir Yadav, Saurabh Shukla and Sanjay Mishra appear in supporting roles.[3] The film had its premiere at the 24th Busan International Film Festival under the section 'A Window on Asian Cinema'.[4] It will release theatrically on 5 February 2021.[5]

Aadhaar
First look poster
Directed bySuman Ghosh
Produced byManish Mundra
Written bySuman Ghosh
Amitosh Nagpal
StarringVineet Kumar Singh
Raghubir Yadav
Saurabh Shukla
Sanjay Mishra
Music byShantanu Moitra
CinematographyRavi Kiran Ayyagari
Edited byBodhaditya Banerjee
Production
company
Drishyam Films
Jio Studios
Distributed byUFO Moviez
Release date
  • 3 October 2019 (2019-10-03) (Busan)
  • 5 February 2021 (2021-02-05) (India)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Synopsis

The film revolves around Pharsua, resident of village of Jamua, and his aadhaar (resident identification) card ID, issued by the Indian government. Villagers are suspicious that the government will collect their information and monitor them, so they show no interest in the new ID card despite the benefits that accrue to ID cardholders. Pharsua volunteers and he becomes the first person in the village to receive the new aadhaar card and is a star. But one day, the village priest predicts that the serial number on his ID card will soon cause the death of his wife, and Pharsua starts on a journey to save his wife. Now getting his ID number changed is of utmost importance to him, but it becomes an inviolable and unchangeable absolute number since it has been entered into the system. Pharsua wails about the unfairness of his ID number, but no one outside of his village listens to his pleas.[6]

Cast

Production

Ghosh, a director who has made films in Bengali cinema, said that he had several stories that will have "no takers in Bangla cinema."[7] In 2011, he read an article about the Aadhaar Card on The New York Times, which triggered the idea of the film and he wrote a synopsis. Ghosh sent the synopsis of Aadhaar to the co-production market of the Busan International Film Festival which was eventually selected in 2016. The film was shot in Jharkhand in December 2018 to January.[7] The shooting wrapped in February 2019.[8]

References
  1. "'Adhar' will be very interesting: Vineet Kumar Singh". Business Standard. 29 June 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  2. "Mukkabaaz actor Vineet Kumar Singh's next is an interesting take on Aadhaar card". India TV. 30 June 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  3. Kaushal, Sweta (24 August 2019). "Vineet Kumar Singh says ex-commandos trained him for Bard of Blood, reveals details about film on Aadhar card". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  4. "Aadhaar to premiere at Busan International Film Festival". The Indian Express. 4 September 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  5. "Vineet Kumar Singhs Aadhaar to release on Feb 5 in theatres". Outlook. 12 January 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  6. "A Window on Asian Cinema". Busan International Film Festival.
  7. Chatterjee, Arindam. "Suman Ghosh is set to make his first hindi film with Mukkabaaz man Vineet Kumar Singh". The Telegraph. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  8. "Suman Ghosh wraps up his 'Aadhaar' shoot". The Times of India. 8 February 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
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