Ferrous (film)
2018 Indian film
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Ferrous[1] is an Indian crime drama feature film written, directed and produced by writer/director Shaurya Singh under his banner Silver Rain Pictures in collaboration with Amrit Sinha of Tanay Films International. Ferrous was premiered at RTF 2018, an International Film Festival held at Lagos, Nigeria in July 2018, in front of a packed international audience where it was judged Best Foreign Film.[2] The film was later adapted to become a series and premiered on OTT platform Ullu[3][4] in Feb 2022.
Shaurya Singh
| Ferrous | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Shaurya Singh |
| Written by | Shaurya Singh |
| Screenplay by | Shaurya Singh |
| Produced by | Amrit Sinha Shaurya Singh |
| Starring | Vijay Raaz Zakir Hussain Gopal K Singh Bikramjeet Kanwarpal Pankaj Jha Maruf khan |
| Cinematography | Hemant Jaiswal |
| Edited by | Upendra Pankaj |
| Music by | Saurabh Verma |
Production company | Silver Rain Pictures / Tanay Films International |
Release date |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Plot
Set in the current day Mumbai, the film is a crime drama. Ferrous is a non-linear screenplay film in which rather than pushing and pulling the film in past and present, the whole structure of the film is non-linear. The audience has to perceive the film and join the dots of the story in order to comprehend the complete set of events in sequential order.
Cast
- Vijay Raaz[5] as The Cleaner
- Zakir Hussain[6] as Minister Madhyadheesh
- Bikramjeet Kanwarpal[7] as Inspector Jagdeesh Sinchwal
- Gopal K Singh[8] as Madan
- Pankaj Jha[9] as Matin Khan
- Manish Khanna as The Sniper
- Myra Singh as Sana
- Diaansh Sharma as Ajay
- Maruf Khan as Vishambhar (Minister's Secretary)
Production
The pre-production of the film was started in October 2017 and the production completed in March 2018. The film is extensively shot in Mumbai.
Accolades
| Award | Category | Recipients | Result | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RTF - 2018, Lagos, Nigeria | Best Foreign Film | Ferrous | Won | [10][11] |
| Best Screenplay | Nominated | [12] | ||
| 9th Jagran Film Festival 2018, India | Official Selection - Indian Showcase[13] | Ferrous | - | - |
| 7th Delhi International Film Festival, 2018 | Official Selection - In Competition[14] | Ferrous | - | - |
| Koshi Film Festival, Saharsa, Bihar | Best Film | Ferrous | Won | [15] |
| Best Actor - Female | Myra Singh | Won | - | |
| Jharkhand International Film Festival, Ranchi, Jharkhand, 2019 | Official Selection - In Competition[16] | Ferrous | - | [17] |
| LIFFT World Cine Fest 2019, Lonavala, Maharastra[18] | Official Selection[19] | Ferrous | - | [19] |