Do you know the name of this superhit movie?
Till a few years ago, people had a notion that only ‘masala’ works here. Only those films will work which have big stars, big budget and expensive locations. But, many films like Vicky Donor to Bheja Fry proved this notion wrong. These films made on low budget earned a lot at the box office. One such low budget film was released in 2012. A well-known Bollywood actress played the lead role in this mystery thriller and the film had a cameo by superstar Amitabh Bachchan. Apart from this, Nawazuddin Siddiqui was also a part of this film. Can you tell the name of this film? No! So let us give you another hint. The story of this film was set in Kolkata.
The film was released in 2012
If you still don’t understand which film we are talking about here, then this is the 2012 film ‘Kahaani’ in which Vidya Balan was in the lead role. Made on a budget of 8 crores, the mystery thriller surprised even the film experts by earning 104 crores at the box office. In the film, Vidya Balan played the role of a woman who pretends to be pregnant. In this brilliant film directed by Sujoy Ghosh, Vidya’s character is named Vidya Bagchi, who is searching for her missing husband in Kolkata during Durga Puja.
The Story of ‘Kahaani’
Released on 9 March 2012, Kahaani was highly praised by critics. The story of the film begins with a poisonous gas attack in a compartment of the Kolkata Metro, which creates panic everywhere. 2 years later, a pregnant software engineer Vidya Bagchi (Vidya Balan) arrives in Kolkata from London during the Durga Puja festival in search of her missing husband Arnab Bagchi. In such a situation, a police officer Satyaki Rana Sinha (Parambrata Chatterjee) offers her help. Vidya says that her husband had come to Kolkata for an assignment of the National Data Center. Initial investigation reveals that the NDC had not appointed any such person.
The story of the film is awesome
NDC’s Human Resource Manager Agnes D’Mello tells Vidya that the description she has given matches that of NDC’s former employee Milan Damji. Before Agnes could help Vidya further, a man named Bob Biswas kills her. Vidya and Rana enter NDC’s office and take Damji’s file while avoiding a confrontation with Bob. After this, there are many tremendous twists in the story of the film. The story of this film full of mystery and thrill was well liked by the audience.
The story was released in 2012.
Kahaani 2 also did well
After the release of ‘Kahaani’, seeing its success, the makers also brought its sequel after 4 years. Its sequel was named ‘Kahaani 2’. According to the report of Sacnilk, Kahaani 2 was made in a budget of 25 crores and it earned 55.90 crores worldwide. Apart from Vidya Balan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui was also in an important role in Kahaani and Amitabh Bachchan did a cameo in the film. He stole the limelight by singing ‘Ekla Chalo Re’ for the film. The film is also available on the OTT platform Amazon Prime Video. Let us tell you, Kahaani has got 8.1 rating on IMDb. Not only this, it has also received 3 National Awards. Arjun Rampal was also in an important role along with Vidya Balan in Kahaani 2.
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