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Hindi Medium

Hindi Medium

20177.42h 12m

Overview

Mita and Raj Batra, an affluent couple from Delhi’s Chandni Chowk, are grappling with getting their daughter admission into an English medium school. But there is one big problem. Their zubaan is Hindi, and the elitist snobs won’t let the Hindi speaking hoi-polloi fit in.

Directed by Saket Chaudhary
Written by Zeenat Lakhani, Saket Chaudhary, Amitosh Nagpal
Produced by Bhushan Kumar, Dinesh Vijan
Box OfficeBudget: $3.2MRevenue: $52.4M

Top Cast

Irrfan Khan

Irrfan Khan

Raj Batra

Saba Qamar

Saba Qamar

Mita

Sanjana Sanghi

Sanjana Sanghi

Young Mita

Deepak Dobriyal

Deepak Dobriyal

Shyam Prakash

Mallika Dua

Mallika Dua

Dolly

Tillotama Shome

Tillotama Shome

Consultant

Amrita Singh

Amrita Singh

Principal Lodha

Delzad Hiwale

Delzad Hiwale

Young Raj

S

Swati Das

Tulsi

J

Jaspal Sharma

Raj 's neighbor

Themes & Keywords

education system

About Hindi Medium

Hindi Medium is a comedy, drama film released in 2017 exploring themes of education system. Directed by Saket Chaudhary, it stars Irrfan Khan, Saba Qamar, Sanjana Sanghi. Mita and Raj Batra, an affluent couple from Delhi’s Chandni Chowk, are grappling with getting their daughter admission into an English medium school. But there is one big problem. Their zubaan is Hindi, and the elitist snobs won’t let the Hindi speaking hoi-polloi fit in.

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