Article 15 is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language crime drama film directed and produced by
Anubhav Sinha, who co-wrote the screenplay with Gaurav Solanki. The film stars
Ayushmann Khurrana as a police detective who investigates the disappearance of three girls from a small village, uncovering a history of caste-based oppression along the way. The supporting cast includes Nassar,
Manoj Pahwa, Kumud Mishra,
Isha Talwar,
Sayani Gupta, Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub, Sushil Pandey, Veen Harsh and Sumbul Touqeer. The film is named after Article 15 of the Constitution of India, which prohibits discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or birthplace. While not based on one specific event, the film is inspired by multiple real-life cases involving crimes driven by caste-based discrimination, including the 2014 Badaun gang rape allegations and 2016 Una f...
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