Synopsis

Dia - a Hindi movie directed by Tarun Dhanrajgir is a stroy about ‘Date Rape’. It is also about justice and how far a human being will go to get it. It is about love, caring and commitment. It is about anger at the state of our society. It is about the state of our judicial system. And most of all it is about the fact that if you want something bad enough – you don’t need money or power to get it – what you really need is intelligence, determination, patience and focus. But above all – you need the strength of conviction to sacrifice, if necessary, that very thing that you hold dearest to your heart. For in the extent of your sacrifice lies the extent of your conviction.

Though this subject lends itself to the genre of a family drama it’s treated differently – more like a thriller in terms of pace and story telling style with a twist at the end, so shocking that it will stay with the audience long after they have left the theatre. All this without forgetting the fact that this film is intended mainly for the Indian audience. And though the form is novel it is one that we believe the ‘Indian audience’ can relate to. Because there is no doubt that our audience, wherever they may be in the world, are unique. They have a distinct taste in cinema and have grown up watching films in what is now popularly known as ‘Bollywood style cinema’ where song and dance are an integral part of the narrative.

But make no mistake – this film is definitely targeted for mass consumption and though there is a certain sensibility, logic and believability in the film they have been carefully integrated with the ‘song and dance’ that the audience has come to expect.

Dia - in the making

Tarun Dhanrajgir, says “It’s a subject about the social situation as it exists today”.
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Ravi Chopra's comments on Tarun Dhanrajgir's movie - Dia
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When filmmaker Tarun Dhanrajgir, was denied permission to shoot at the Ajmer Sharif Dargah for his film Dia, he created a replica of the shrine
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Masha Allah with Dia - on Location
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Dia - on location
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Sujata Kumar's back on track
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Cast and crew

Producer / Director
Tarun Dhanrajgir

Cinematography
Prasann Jain

Executive Producer
Shashikant Mehta

Star Cast
Shital Shah...... Dia
Sujata Kumar...... Nirmala Devi (Sharad's mother)
Bikramjeet Kanwarpal...... Inspector
Abhay Bhargava...... Anand Saxena (Sharad's Lawyer)
Vikram Sahu...... Judge
Pavan Sharma...... Sharad
Reena Agarwal...... Asma

Music Director
Abid Shah

Lyricist
Abid Shah

Singers
Abhijeet
Sukhwinder Singh
Sunidhi Chauhan
Shreya Ghoshal
Pandit Brothers
Raja Hasan

Choregraphers
Saroj Khan
Longiness Fernandes

Art
Raashid Rangrez

Action
Yusuf Khan

Screenplay
Abid Shah
Tarun Dhanrajgir

Sound
Manas Chaudhary

Costume
Nyla Masood
Imtiaaz

Story / Writer
Abid Shah
Tarun Dhanrajgir