Zora (2025)

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Zora is a 2025 Indian Hindi-language mystery thriller film directed, edited and produced by Rajiv Rai, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Raashid Rangrez. The film stars Ravinder Kuhar, Karan Vir, Sofia Parveen, Nikhil Dewan and Dilraj Kaur. It was released theatrically in India on 8 August 2025.

Production

Zora was developed as a low-budget film by filmmaker Rajiv Rai under the Trimurti Films banner. The project marked Rai's return to directing after Asambhav (2004), and was conceived as an experiment in making and distributing a feature film outside the conventional Hindi film industry model. Rai chose an ensemble of relatively unknown actors rather than established stars, allowing the production to be completed on a substantially smaller budget.

According to Rai, Zora was originally conceived specifically for release on YouTube. He stated that the idea of releasing the film on YouTube had been on his mind for approximately four to five years before production, but that he initially did not know how to execute such a release.

Despite its original digital-release strategy, Rai produced Zora using several technical specifications associated with theatrical exhibition. The film was shot in the 2.39:1 CinemaScope format and received a Dolby sound mix. Rai explained that these decisions were made to preserve a cinematic presentation and to leave the film technically prepared in case a major streaming platform subsequently showed interest.

The film's production was handled by Rajiv Rai, with Raashid Rangrez serving as producer and also contributing the dialogues, production design and associate direction. Shabana Khanam was the executive producer, while Rashmi Anand and Gaurav Rai served as associate producers. Lalit Sahoo was the director of photography. Viju Shah composed the music and background score, continuing his long-standing collaboration with Rai.

Although Zora had been conceived for YouTube, Trimurti Films subsequently arranged a theatrical release. The official trailer announced a cinema release for 8 August 2025, and the film opened theatrically in India on that date.

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