
Ugly(2013)
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?


“A mother of a story.”
Pregnant and alone in the city of Kolkata, a woman begins a relentless search for her missing husband, only to find that nothing is what it seems.

Vidya Balan
Vidya Bagchi

Parambrata Chatterjee
ASI Satyoki "Rana" Sinha

Nawazuddin Siddiqui
A. Khan

Saswata Chatterjee
Bob Biswas

Kharaj Mukherjee
Sub-Inspector Chatterjee

Dhritiman Chatterjee
K. Bhaskaran

Darshan Jariwala
Retd. Colonel Bajpai

Indraneil Sengupta
Arnab Bagchi / Milan Damji

Abir Chatterjee
Major Arup Basu

Shantilal Mukherjee
R. Shridhar
Kahaani is a mystery, thriller film released in 2012 exploring themes of investigation, police corruption, india, missing husband, nerve gas. Directed by Sujoy Ghosh, it stars Vidya Balan, Parambrata Chatterjee, Nawazuddin Siddiqui. Pregnant and alone in the city of Kolkata, a woman begins a relentless search for her missing husband, only to find that nothing is what it seems.
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