Blog : Guilty Kiara Advani

Guilty is a 2020 drama film, produced under Dharmatic production banners. Directed by Ruchi Narain, the winner of the Filmfare Award, Asian and Arab Cinema Critics Award, and Wildscreen Awards 2008. She has also directed the amazing blockbuster films like Kal Yesterday and Tomorrow - 2005, Hanuman Da Damdaar- 2017, Guilty- 2020, and Hundred- 2020.

The film starred Kiara Advani in the lead role. The film was written by Kanika Dhillon and Ruchi Narain, produced by Karan Johar and Apoorva Mehta, cinematography by Andrew Boulter, and editing by Bodhaditya Banerjee.

The cast includes Kiara Advani as Nanki Dutta, Gurfateh Singh Pirzada as Vijay VJ Pratap Singh, Akansha Ranjan as Tanu Kumar, Akansha Ranjan as Tanu Kumar, Chayan Chopra as KP, Taher Shabbir as Danish Ali Baig, Tenzin Dalha as Tashi, Dalip Tahil as Lawyer Mirchandani, Niki Aneja Walia as Sushma Singh, Kunal Vijaykar as Dr. Roy, Manu Rishi as Pratap Singh, Fahad Ali as Rahul Jha, Janya Joshi as 13 yrs Nanki, Rohan Arora as Kerbie, Sahil Mehta as Arnab Mitra, Gehna Seth as Professor, and Ashish Khanna as Hardy.

The movie opens with the story right from the primary frame and therefore the investigation process kicks in. It slowly opens the layer after layer.

Guilty very effectively manages to show social behavior towards rape victims, how difficult it is for a rape victim to rise for justice in patriarchal societies, and the way often even the near and dear ones stop believing and begin blaming the victim. It also shows how rich and powerful people are ready to manipulate the system and take benefit of poor laws and society overall apathy towards rape. How the MeToo movement has on the one hand given voice to rape victims and on the other hand sensationalized an awfully sensitive topic. It will be a worthy watch.