Kahaani Movie Details:
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Genre | Mystery, Thriller |
| Release date | March 9, 2012 |
| Running time | 2hr 2min |
| Certificate | U/A |
| Starring | Vidya Balan Parambrata Chatterjee Nawazuddin Siddiqui Indraneil Sengupta Saswata Chatterjee |
| Directed by | Sujoy Ghosh |
| Written by | Screenplay: Sujoy Ghosh Story: Sujoy Ghosh Advaita Kala |
| Produced by | Sujoy Ghosh Kushal Kantilal Gada |
| Cinematography by | Satyajit Pande (Setu) |
| Edited by | Namrata Rao |
| Music by | Songs: Vishal–Shekhar Score: Clinton Cerejo |
| Production Companies | Viacom 18 Motion Pictures Pen India Limited Boundscript Motion Pictures |
| Distributor | Viacom 18 Motion Pictures Wave Cinemas |
Kahaani Movie Cast & Characters:
- Vidya Balan as Vidya Bagchi / Vidya Basu
- Parambrata Chatterjee as Asst Sub-Inspector Satyoki “Rana” Sinha
- Nawazuddin Siddiqui as Deputy Inspector General A. Khan
- Indraneil Sengupta as Milan Damji a.k.a Arnab Bagchi
- Dhritiman Chatterjee as Director of Intelligence Bureau Bhaskaran K.
- Saswata Chatterjee as Bob Biswas
- Darshan Jariwala as Colonel Pratap Bajpayee
- Abir Chatterjee as Major Arup Basu
- Shantilal Mukherjee as R. Shridhar, chief technical officer at the NDC
- Kharaj Mukherjee as Sub-Inspector Chatterjee, a friendly inspector at the Kalighat Police Station.
- Colleen Blanche as Agnes D’Mello
- Nitya Ganguli as Mr. Das, the guest house owner.
- Rwitobroto Mukherjee as Bishnu, a worker at the guest house.
- Pamela Bhuttoria as Sapna, an employee at NDC.
- Kalyan Chatterjee as Paresh Pal, a clay artist and a police informer.
- Masood Akhtar as Rasik Tyagi, systems supervisor at the NDC
Storyline:
A pregnant woman’s search for her missing husband takes her from London to Kolkata, but everyone she questions denies having ever met him.
Kahaani Movie Budget & Box Office Collection:
| Budget | ₹8 crore |
| Opening Day | ₹2.91 crore |
| Domestic Collection | ₹78.96 crore |
| International Collection | $2,550,000 |
| Worldwide Collection | ₹104 crore |
About Kahaani Movie:
Kahaani is a Hindi mystery thriller film directed by Sujoy Ghosh who co-wrote it with Advaita Kala. The film stars Vidya Balan, Parambrata Chatterjee, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Indraneil Sengupta, and Saswata Chatterjee.
According to Jyothika, she was initially offered the role of Vidya Bagchi, but declined; the role eventually went to Vidya Balan. Unimpressed with the plot outline, Vidya refused, only changing her mind after having read the completed script.
Before the shooting of the film began, Vidya started to use a prosthetic belly to look as close to authentically pregnant as possible. According to news reports, she met doctors and pregnant women to learn about the typical lifestyle and nuances of a pregnant woman and also made lists of rules and superstitions followed by pregnant women.
The film was shot totally in Kolkata and most on the streets. Bengali actor Prasenjit Chatterjee had encouraged Sujoy Ghosh to shoot the film in Kolkata. The film was shot in 64 days
Kahaani was released worldwide on March 9, 2012. Critics praised the screenplay, the cinematography, and the performances of the lead actors.
Made on a shoestring budget of ₹8 crore, the film earned ₹104 crore worldwide in 50 days. The film won several awards, including three National Film Awards and five Filmfare Awards. The latter included trophies for Best Director (Ghosh) and Best Actress (Vidya).
Two remakes of Kahaani were released in 2014: a Telugu remake titled Anaamika, and its Tamil version Nee Enge En Anbe, both directed by Sekhar Kammula and featuring Nayantara as the lead character.
A spiritual successor, titled Kahaani 2: Durga Rani Singh, was released on December 2, 2016.
