Shanghai

An exciting political thriller from one of the most talented new directors in India today. A prominent professor, a social activist, is run over by a lorry; is it an accident or a politically motivated crime?
It happens in a vibrant small town that is subjected to an ambitious infrastructure project supported by the corrupt ruling party. Multinational companies promise to establish economic growth in the region, after the example of Shanghai. The unfortunate victim was raising awareness among the working class, mobilising those who are paying the price for this prosperity. The professor’s assistant, a committed young woman, sets out on a dangerous investigation in search of truth and justice. A local pornographer witnessed the accident, but withholds the evidence he is suspected to have.
The story is loosely based on Vassilis Vassiliko’s novel Z, but has been profoundly Indianised by imaginative scriptwriter Urmi Juvekar and the director himself.