Aligarh (2015)

Aligarh (2015) Country: India Release Year: 2015 Director: Hansal Mehta Writer: Apurva Asrani Language: Hindi Genre: Biography, Drama Runtime: 118 min Cast: Manoj Bajpayee, Rajkummar Rao Ashish Vidyarthi, Ishwak Singh Nutan Surya, Divya Unny Studio: Eros International Karma Pictures Imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5121000/ Available on:

Set in the state of Uttar Pradesh and based on true events, the plot revolves around Dr Shrinivas Ramchandra Siras who taught Marathi at Aligarh Muslim University. He was sacked from his position of Reader and Chair of Modern Indian Languages, on charges of homosexuality. A sting operation was conducted by a TV channel which showed him in an embrace with a rickshaw puller, at his house inside the campus.