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Screening as part of the 2026 South Asian Film Festival.
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Florida Premiere!
When an anonymous letter accuses a powerful and well-respected cult leader (a quietly menacing Chandrachur Singh) of sexual abuse, Delhi rookie detective Roohi (a terrific Huma Qureshi) is sent to a remote, small town in Rajasthan to investigate the allegations. Confronted by blind devotion, she must break through the wall of silence and complex power dynamics within the rural community to uncover the truth, in this taut and quietly devastating crime drama inspired by real events.
Skillfully navigating the psychological terrain of corruption and resistance, filmmaker Bikas Ranjan Mishra depicts how Roohi’s investigation, complicated by colleagues with their own agendas, becomes less about the crime itself and more about the infrastructure built to bury it. A gritty and engrossing Hindi police procedural, BAYAAN asks not just what it takes to speak up, but what it costs.
India, 2025, 118 min, Directed by Bikas Ranjan Mishra, In Hindi with English subtitles
“A chilling and carefully crafted true crime drama. The closer Roohi (Huma Qureshi) gets to the truth, the more dangerous it becomes to pursue it.”
– Sarah Gopaul, THAT SHELF
