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The Rapist

  • 2021
  • 2h 12m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
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The Rapist (2021)
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Naina, a criminal psychology professor, is sexually assaulted in a slum she visits to help the daughter of a school custodian embroiled in a case of domestic violence and infanticide. Upon s... Read allNaina, a criminal psychology professor, is sexually assaulted in a slum she visits to help the daughter of a school custodian embroiled in a case of domestic violence and infanticide. Upon surviving the attack that leaves her colleague dead, Naina fights social prejudices and tes... Read allNaina, a criminal psychology professor, is sexually assaulted in a slum she visits to help the daughter of a school custodian embroiled in a case of domestic violence and infanticide. Upon surviving the attack that leaves her colleague dead, Naina fights social prejudices and testifies, which leads to the rapist-murderer's death sentence. Later, Naina discovers her pr... Read all

  • Director
    • Aparna Sen
  • Writers
    • Rohini Ghosh
    • Hussain Haidry
    • Aparna Sen
  • Stars
    • Konkona Sen Sharma
    • Arjun Rampal
    • Tanmay Dhanania
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    7.1/10
    60
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Aparna Sen
    • Writers
      • Rohini Ghosh
      • Hussain Haidry
      • Aparna Sen
    • Stars
      • Konkona Sen Sharma
      • Arjun Rampal
      • Tanmay Dhanania
    • 1User review
    • 2Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 3 nominations total

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    Konkona Sen Sharma
    Konkona Sen Sharma
    • Naina Malik
    Arjun Rampal
    Arjun Rampal
    • Aftab Malik
    Tanmay Dhanania
    • Prasad Singh
    Jintender Agarwal
    • DM
    Shravan Arora
    • Judge
    Sukhesh Arora
    • Subhash
    Laxman Arya
    • Gorkha Guard
    Parvesh Babbar
    • Executioner's Assistant
    Soumya Batra
    • Board of Directors
    Gagan Bhasin
    Gagan Bhasin
    • Nayna's Lawyer
    Bhupinder Bhupi
    • Court Trial Judge
    Anindita Bose
    Anindita Bose
    • Malini
    Santanu Bose
    • Defense Lawyer
    Ashok Chhabra
    Ashok Chhabra
    • Nayna's Father
    Deepansha Dhingra
    Deepansha Dhingra
    • Nayna's Student
    Kushagra Dhingra
    • Nayna's Student
    Monica Dogra
    Monica Dogra
    • Kusum
    Vijay Kumar Dogra
    • Police inspector
    • Director
      • Aparna Sen
    • Writers
      • Rohini Ghosh
      • Hussain Haidry
      • Aparna Sen
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    Aparna Sen's latest is an overburdened social drama. Despite touching hardly explored territories in Indian films concerning the sexual offense, the film lacks teeth. It doesn't hit hard as it intends to.

    The film's first half stinks of immature filmmaking, with distracting jump cuts that fail to establish the characters as a whole. It becomes extremely predictable as it progresses, the second half improves the narrative highlighting the characters who gets some insight which engages us for a while. The film also turns out to be quite interesting for a small amount of time in the second half but outstays its welcome. It drags, overdramatizes, and nags like a sore thumb.

    Konkona gives a superlative performance accompanied by Arjun Rampal and Tanmay Dhanmania and desperately tries to anchor the film, they succeed also to a certain extent.

    Aparna Sen's political commentary is extremely half-baked in the film which is surprising because in real life she is very outspoken about her political views.

    It's strictly average owing to earlier films of Aparna Sen but better than her last two directorials.

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    • Release date
      • January 8, 2022 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • India
    • Language
      • Hindi
    • Production companies
      • Applause Entertainment Ltd.
      • Quest Films
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