The Extended Canon
Secret Superstar
सीक्रेट सुपरस्टार · 2017
A Vadodara teenager uploads songs in a burqa to hide from her violent father, and the internet finds her.
- Director
- Advait Chandan
- Year
- 2017
- Genre
- Drama · Musical
- Cast
- Zaira Wasim, Meher Vij, Aamir Khan
Why it's in the canon
Meher Vij's mother is the actual protagonist, and the last twenty minutes belong entirely to her.
A Vadodara teenager uploads songs in a burqa to hide from her violent father, and the internet finds her.
Secret Superstar sits in the 2010s alongside Gangs of Wasseypur and Masaan — a decade this canon treats as formative.
The Bollywood 100The essentials
- Directed by Advait Chandan.
- Released in 2017, in the 2010s — see everything else from that decade.
- Filed under Drama, Musical.
- Read more on Wikipedia, check the full crew on IMDb, or find a legal stream via JustWatch.
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