Anwar Ka Ajab Kissa(अनवर का अजब किस्सा)
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India · 2013
2h 6m
Director Buddhadeb Dasgupta
Starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Amrita Chattopadhyay, Pankaj Tripathi, Niharika Singh
Genre Comedy, Drama
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A maverick, booze-addled private detective takes a case in his rural Indian homeland in this sharp comedy from Buddhadeb Dasgupta.
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