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B.A. Pass

बी.ए. पास · 2012

An orphaned Delhi student is drawn into an affair with an aunt's friend and then into a trade he cannot leave.

Director
Ajay Bahl
Year
2012
Genre
Neo-noir · Drama
Cast
Shadab Kamal, Shilpa Shukla, Rajesh Sharma
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Why it's in the canon

India's bleakest neo-noir, and Shilpa Shukla's fearless central performance.

An orphaned Delhi student is drawn into an affair with an aunt's friend and then into a trade he cannot leave.

B.A. Pass sits in the 2010s alongside Gangs of Wasseypur and Masaan — a decade this canon treats as formative.

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