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Ugly

Ugly

20137.02h 8m

Overview

When a 10-year old girl goes missing, her stepfather races against time to investigate the kidnapping. Can he find her before it's too late?

Directed by Anurag Kashyap
Written by Anurag Kashyap
Produced by Vikramaditya Motwane, Vivek Rangachari, Vikas Bahl
Box OfficeBudget: $700KRevenue: $2.2M

Top Cast

Ronit Roy

Ronit Roy

Shoumik Bose

Rahul Bhat

Rahul Bhat

Rahul Kapoor

Vineet Kumar Singh

Vineet Kumar Singh

Chaitanya Mishra

Tejaswini Kolhapure

Tejaswini Kolhapure

Shalini Bose

Girish Kulkarni

Girish Kulkarni

Inspector Jadhav

Surveen Chawla

Surveen Chawla

Rakhi Malhotra

Siddhanth Kapoor

Siddhanth Kapoor

Siddhant

Abir Goswami

Abir Goswami

ACP Gupta

Anshika Shrivastava

Anshika Shrivastava

Kali Varshney

M

Madhavi Singh

ACP Upadhyay

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Themes & Keywords

policeinvestigationmissing child

About Ugly

Ugly is a thriller, drama, mystery, crime film released in 2013 exploring themes of police, investigation, missing child. Directed by Anurag Kashyap, it stars Ronit Roy, Rahul Bhat, Vineet Kumar Singh. When a 10-year old girl goes missing, her stepfather races against time to investigate the kidnapping. Can he find her before it's too late?

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