निशानची (2025)

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Nishaanchi is a 2025 Indian Hindi-language crime drama film directed by Anurag Kashyap who co-wrote the film with Ranjan Chandel and Omjit Sahu and produced by Ajay Rai and Ranjan Singh under JAR Pictures, in association with Flip Films. The first instalment of a duology, it stars Aaishvary Thackeray in his film debut, playing dual roles while Vedika Pinto, Monika Panwar, Kumud Mishra, Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub and Vineet Kumar Singh appear in pivotal roles.

Production

Anurag Kashyap said that Nishaanchi was born "out of a very personal and instinctive space". The genesis of the film dated back to 2016 when Kashyap was working on Mukkabaaz (2017). While that film was a return to his "older, more raw style of filmmaking" with newer talents, he somehow harboured the idea of consciously writing a story which would be mounted on a bigger scale.

Kashyap said that he inspired by the films of Salim–Javed such as Mother India (1957), Ram Aur Shyam (1967) and Sholay (1975), which was the tradition of storytelling that he grew up with, exploring the themes of emotions, family bonding, crime and punishment, all being blended through the commercial aspects of the 1970s Indian films and wanted to reimagine it with the current generation of audiences.

Kashyap decided to work with newcomers in the lead role over established actors as they could provide complete commitment to his project. He chose Aaishvary Thackeray, grandson of late Bal Thackeray, to play the lead role in his debut film. Kashyap presented the script to Aaishvary in late-2020, who was impressed by it. Vedika Pinto was chosen to play the female lead, who was approached two years later.

Both the actors went to Kanpur, where the film was predominantly shot, so that they could attend workshop, embark on the culture of the city and understand the local dialect as well. Kashyap said that both the actors had provided an "immense amount of hunger and devotion" surrendering to the process and stayed with the characters, which he had rarely seen in any other actors, adding that Aaishvary was excited to take on more and more challenges,…

Nishaanchi was shot predominantly in Uttar Pradesh with Lucknow and Kanpur serving as the principal locations. The film began production in early-2024 and was nearly completed by that July. Kashyap said that while most of his films were shot within 30 days, Nishaanchi was shot within 69 days which he considered his "longest, most elaborate shoot yet".

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