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There are many investigative dramas involving journalists that stumble upon stories unexpectedly and end up discovering a mountain worth of data that could inconvenience some very important people. Despatch is one such story coming from the impeccable writer-director Kanu Behl. The lead of the show is a crime beat journalist who finds an interesting story and wants to dig up more intel to make it a headline for his newspaper. There are many characters that get involved in his quest to get to the bottom of his investigation and find legitimate answers.

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Joy Bag

Actor par extraordinaire, Manoj Bajpayee is Joy Bag, the leading crime beat journalist with ‘Despatch,’ the daily newspaper. Despatch is struggling financially, but initially Joy is unaffected by it until he realizes there are ownership related matters that might render him out of work. Joy is keen on getting to the bottom of the...

Manoj Bajpayee is familiar with the crime genre. His breakout role was that of Bhiku Mhatre in one of the greatest Hindi films of all time, Satya, where we got a peek into a version of Mumbai’s underworld. Then he was in Shool, which focused on crime and politics in Bihar. He played Veerendra Pratap in Raajneeti, which was an amalgamation of Mahabharat and The Godfather. He was integral to the evolution of the landscape of Hindi cinema that was triggered by Anurag Kashyap’s Gangs of Wasseypur duology. He is currently the face of the Silence franchise. Through The Family Man and Killer Soup, he has shown he is incredibly comfortable with flexing his acting chops through the episodic format on the small screen. So, I think it’s pretty normal to be hyped about his next project. But I’d advise you to keep your excitement at bay,...

~ After multiple festival rounds like Mami, Iffi and Jff, ‘Despatch’ is set to premiere on ZEE5 Global on 13th December ~

Global, December 3, 2024: What happens when the pursuit of a breaking news leads you straight into danger? ZEE5 Global’s highly anticipated investigative crime thriller, Despatch is about to answer that question in the most thrilling way possible. After debuting at the prestigious Mami Film Festival 2024 followed by a special screening at the 55th Internation Film Festival of India (Iffi), Despatch is all set to premiere on ZEE5 Global, the world’s largest streaming platform for South Asian content, on December 13. Produced by Ronnie Screwvala’s RSVP Movies and directed by the acclaimed filmmaker, Kanu Behl, of Titli and Agra fame, Despatch stars Manoj Bajpayee as Joy Bag, a crime journalist who becomes embroiled in a dangerous investigation that threatens to unravel his life. The film also stars Shahana Goswami,...

Tasher Desh, the latest film by Gandu fame Kaushik Mukherjee (Q) will compete in the Cinema Xxi section of the 7th edition of the Rome Film Festival. The festival will run from 9th – 17th November, 2012.

Tasher Desh is based on Rabindranath Tagore’s dance drama with the same name. The film is co-produced by Anurag Kashyap. In an interview with DearCinema, Q described the film as “Tagore on an acid trip”, a psychedelic and intense rendition of the work of Tagore. The film stars Anubrata Basu, Rituparna Sen and Soumyak Kanti De Biswas.

The Rome Film Festival has four sections, Competition, Out of Competition, CinemaXXI and Prospettive Italia. The jury of the CinemaXXI section is led by Douglas Gordon with Hans Hurch, Ed Lachman, Andrea Lissoni and Emily Jacir. The film in the section will compete for the CinemaXXI Award.

Q came into international prominence with Gandu that had its...