Ranked #70 of 100
Talvar
तलवार · 2015
Three contradictory versions of the Noida double-murder investigation, laid side by side without a verdict.
- Director
- Meghna Gulzar
- Year
- 2015
- Genre
- Crime · Drama
- Cast
- Irrfan Khan, Konkona Sen Sharma, Neeraj Kabi
Why it's at number 70
Vishal Bhardwaj's screenplay turns procedural incompetence into structure. The two-team meeting scene is superb.
Three contradictory versions of the Noida double-murder investigation, laid side by side without a verdict.
Talvar sits in the 2010s alongside Gangs of Wasseypur and Masaan — a decade this canon treats as formative.
The Bollywood 100The essentials
- Directed by Meghna Gulzar — also responsible for Raazi, Chhapaak.
- Released in 2015, in the 2010s — see everything else from that decade.
- Filed under Crime, Drama.
- Read more on Wikipedia, check the full crew on IMDb, or find a legal stream via JustWatch.
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