Masaan

Name: Masaan
Genre: Drama
Released: 2015-06-24
Duration: 1 h 49 min
Rating: 8.1
Cast: Richa Chadha, Sanjay Mishra, Vicky Kaushal

2015
1h 49m

IMDb RATING

8.1/10

32K

YOUR RATING

Richa Chadha, Shweta Tripathi, and Vicky Kaushal in Masaan (2015)

Four lives intersect along the Ganges: a low caste boy hopelessly in love, a daughter ridden with the guilt of a sexual encounter ending in tragedy, a hapless father with fading morality, and a spirited child yearning for a family, long to escape the moral constructs of a small-town

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Drama

Along India's Ganges River, four people face prejudice, a strict moral code and a punishing caste system as they confront personal tragedies.Along India's Ganges River, four people face prejudice, a strict moral code and a punishing caste system as they confront personal tragedies.Along India's Ganges River, four people face prejudice, a strict moral code and a punishing caste system as they confront personal tragedies.

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IMDb RATING

8.1/10

32K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 26 wins & 29 nominations total

Trivia
The ghats used in shooting were not the original ghats where these rituals happen but were some virgin ghats which were modified to represent the original ghats of Varanasi.

Goofs
When Deepak takes a print-out of Shaalu's Facebook profile, the friendship status says 'Friends' when it should be 'Friend Request Sent' because Shaalu has not yet accepted her friend request.

Quotes
Devi Pathak: Do you live alone?
Sadhya Ji: No, I live with my dad. My dad lives alone.

Connections
Referenced in Mirzapur (2018)

Soundtracks
Tu Kisi Rail Si
Written by Varun Grover (Adapted from a Poem by Dushyant Kumar)
Music composed by Indian Ocean
Performed by Swanand Kirkire (vocals) & Indian Ocean
Bass by Rahul Ram
Guitars by Nikhil Rao
Drums and percussion by Amit Kilam

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Review

Featured review

8/10

Story of Death, Desperation & Bravery, Masaan Will Haunt You

‎Masaan‬ means a place, where dead bodies are cremated. If you can stand the sight of actual dead bodies being burnt, right after a cute scene of an excited 21 year old guy, whose Facebook friend request has been accepted by his crush; then yes, definitely watch this one.

Its a dark, complex, hard hitting movie, which is set across the enchanting Banaras and the majestic Ganges; revolving around the life of simple human beings.

'Man kastoori re' by Indian Ocean, can be the sole reason for a music lover to buy a movie ticket. At Cannes, this movie by debut director Neeraj Ghaywan won 2 awards; and it is said that very few Asian movies have received 5 minutes of standing ovation during its screening.

The movie has flaws (the absence of that scent of regional tone in the dialogues was the most disappointing part), but the mindblowing performance by Sanjay Mishra & the strong, heavyweight performance from Richa Chadda will make it up.

If you support such good cinema, and want more 'daring' film-makers, then don't miss it.