Rustom

Name: Rustom
Director: Tinu Suresh Desai
Released: 2016-08-12

2016 Hindi film directed by Tinu Suresh Desai

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Released: August 12, 2016
Director: Tinu Suresh Desai
Screenwriter: Vipul K Rawal
Producer: Neeraj Pandey
Cast: Akshay Kumar
, Ileana D'Cruz
, Arjan Bajwa
, Esha Gupta
+6 more
Genre: crime thriller film
Country of origin: India
Original language: Hindi

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Rustom is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language crime thriller film directed by Tinu Suresh Desai and written by Vipul K. Rawal. The film is jointly produced by Cape of Good Films, Zee Studios, KriArj Entertainment, Plan C Studios. It stars Akshay Kumar as Rustom Pavri - a naval officer, Ileana D'Cruz, Arjan Bajwa and Esha Gupta in lead roles. The film is loosely based on the K. M. Nanavati v. State of Maharashtra court case, and narrates the story of naval officer Rustom, who shares a happy relationship with his wife Cynthia. Soon, he discovers her affair with Vikram, a close friend, and is accused of murdering him.

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Director of photography: Santosh Thundiyil
Filming location: Canterbury
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Color: color
Kijkwijzer rating: 12 content descriptor: Violence, Coarse language
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Narrative location: Mumbai
Film editor: Shree Narayan Singh
Based on: K. M. Nanavati v. State of Maharashtra
Distribution format: video on demand
Social media followers: 38,779(February 5, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 4134477494
39,788(February 20, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 4134477494
41,042(January 7, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 4134477494
44,604(May 10, 2018) x (twitter) numeric user id: 4134477494
Assessment: Bechdel test assessment outcome: passes
Review score: 45%(October 10, 2021) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes · number of reviews/ratings: 11 critic review
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5.1/10(October 10, 2021) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes
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