Dirty Politics (film)

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The film is based on the infamous Bhanwari Devi case of an auxiliary nurse from Rajasthan who disappeared on 1 September 2011.

• Naseeruddin Shah as Manoj Singh
• Mallika Sherawat as Anokhi Devi
• Jackie Shroff as Mukhtiar Singh
• Anupam Kher as CBI officer Satya Prakash Mishra
• Om Puri as Dina Nath Singh, Jan Seva Party President
• Atul Kulkarni as Nirbhay Singh, Police Inspector
• Rahul Solanki
• Ashutosh Rana as Dayal Singh
• Rajpal Yadav as Banaram, Anokhi Devi's bodyguard
• Sushant Singh as Nischay Singh, Police Inspector
• Govind Namdev as Karan Singh, Police Superintendent
• Charu Sharma
• Awadhesh Mishra as Jabbar Singh
• Sunil Pal as Nathu Lal
• Komal Nahta as Newsreader

The soundtrack was composed by Sanjeev Darshan and Aadesh Shrivastava, and Sameer wrote the lyrics. It was Aadesh Shrivastav's last film as a music composer.

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This film received highly negative reviews from critics, criticising everything

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