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PLOT SUMMARY
The film opens with Shalini (Tejaswini Kolhapure) a lonely and troubled housewife addicted to alcohol, battling depression. She contemplates suicide, hoping to evoke some reaction from her stoic second husband, police chief Shoumik Bose (Ronit Roy), who behaves as if she doesn't exist. Shalini feels trapped in the marriage as Shoumik doesn't talk, taps her phone calls and treats her like a criminal. When she is about to shoot herself in the head with her husband's gun, she is interrupted by her 10-year-old daughter (from her first marriage) Kali (Anishika Shrivastava). Unaware of her mother's state of mind, Kali asks her to call her father, Shalini's estranged ex-husband, Rahul (Rahul Bhat). Rahul is a struggling actor. It's a Saturday, and Kali wishes to spend the day with her father, as decided in the custody agreement of the divorce.
Rahul takes Kali for a drive but is preoccupied by phone calls to further his career. He ends up taking Kali for a work assignment. This irritates her. She chooses to stay in the car while her father goes to see his agent, Chaitanya (Vineet Kumar Singh) in his house. Much to his horror, when he returns to the car, Kali is missing. Chaitanya and Rahul start looking for leads. They find a local toy seller's behaviour suspicious. They chase him, but he meets with an accident and dies. They approach the police, but local police inspector Jadhav (Girish Kulkarni) does not take Rahul seriously until he realises that Kali is the step-daughter of his police-chief Bose. Bose, out of personal hatred for Rahul, orders Jadhav to accuse Rahul of kidnapping, and to torture both Rahul and Chaitanya to interrogate and punish them. A game of one-upmanship follows as Rahul and Bose search for Kali while simultaneously attempting to upstage the other. Shalini's good-for-nothing brother Siddhant (Siddhant Kapoor) and B grade actress Rakhee (Surveen Chawla) seem involved too. Rahul soon starts getting calls from the kidnapper demanding ransom. Bose traces the calls, but it turns out to be of no use. Every character now seems like a culprit as they all have ulterior motives.
(Do not proceed. Stop reading the plot summary right now if you don't want the crucial climax to be revealed)
Spoiler ahead - (climax)
After looking for Kali for at least six days, the cops put the clues together and finally discover Kali's dead body. They get to know that she was actually kidnapped by the toy seller, who hid her and forgot to release her since he died himself, when being chased by Rahul and Chaitanya. Siddhant and Shalini also plan to keep a bit of the ransom money with themselves before they had over the bag to the suspected kidnappers. Siddhant gets arrested with his share of the loot. Shalini leaves her share with her friend, the item girl, Raakhee.
The climax shows Rahul killing his friend Chaitanya who has orchestrated the whole ransom set-up. And Raakhee running away with the money that Shalini had left with her.
The film opens with Shalini (Tejaswini Kolhapure) a lonely and troubled housewife addicted to alcohol, battling depression. She contemplates suicide, hoping to evoke some reaction from her stoic second husband, police chief Shoumik Bose (Ronit Roy), who behaves as if she doesn't exist. Shalini feels trapped in the marriage as Shoumik doesn't talk, taps her phone calls and treats her like a criminal. When she is about to shoot herself in the head with her husband's gun, she is interrupted by her 10-year-old daughter (from her first marriage) Kali (Anishika Shrivastava). Unaware of her mother's state of mind, Kali asks her to call her father, Shalini's estranged ex-husband, Rahul (Rahul Bhat). Rahul is a struggling actor. It's a Saturday, and Kali wishes to spend the day with her father, as decided in the custody agreement of the divorce.
Rahul takes Kali for a drive but is preoccupied by phone calls to further his career. He ends up taking Kali for a work assignment. This irritates her. She chooses to stay in the car while her father goes to see his agent, Chaitanya (Vineet Kumar Singh) in his house. Much to his horror, when he returns to the car, Kali is missing. Chaitanya and Rahul start looking for leads. They find a local toy seller's behaviour suspicious. They chase him, but he meets with an accident and dies. They approach the police, but local police inspector Jadhav (Girish Kulkarni) does not take Rahul seriously until he realises that Kali is the step-daughter of his police-chief Bose. Bose, out of personal hatred for Rahul, orders Jadhav to accuse Rahul of kidnapping, and to torture both Rahul and Chaitanya to interrogate and punish them. A game of one-upmanship follows as Rahul and Bose search for Kali while simultaneously attempting to upstage the other. Shalini's good-for-nothing brother Siddhant (Siddhant Kapoor) and B grade actress Rakhee (Surveen Chawla) seem involved too. Rahul soon starts getting calls from the kidnapper demanding ransom. Bose traces the calls, but it turns out to be of no use. Every character now seems like a culprit as they all have ulterior motives.
(Do not proceed. Stop reading the plot summary right now if you don't want the crucial climax to be revealed)
Spoiler ahead - (climax)
After looking for Kali for at least six days, the cops put the clues together and finally discover Kali's dead body. They get to know that she was actually kidnapped by the toy seller, who hid her and forgot to release her since he died himself, when being chased by Rahul and Chaitanya. Siddhant and Shalini also plan to keep a bit of the ransom money with themselves before they had over the bag to the suspected kidnappers. Siddhant gets arrested with his share of the loot. Shalini leaves her share with her friend, the item girl, Raakhee.
The climax shows Rahul killing his friend Chaitanya who has orchestrated the whole ransom set-up. And Raakhee running away with the money that Shalini had left with her.
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Anurag Kashyap's latest directorial venture Ugly starring Rahul Bhat and Surveen Chawla is out in the theatres.
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@UglyTheFilm is dark cinema at its best. Riveting & Insane. Much like its characters. Anurag Kashyap delivers & how. As for Ronit Roy...
— Devendra Chandra (@DCrazyChandra) December 27, 2014 . @UglyTheFilm is a crazy ride! Gripping till the end. @anuragkashyap72 's best movie until now!!
— Kabeera Speaking (@teentakle1212) December 27, 2014 2 Indian films in the past left a deep impact days after I watched it - Hey Ram and Parzania. Ugly is the third one. Riveting! @UglyTheFilm
— Sai (@narayan_sai) December 27, 2014 Shocking. Disturbing. Gritty. Dark. @UglyTheFilm is one of @anuragkashyap72's finest work, if not his best. What. A. Film.
— Vivek Bhatia (@vivekbbhatia) December 27, 2014 #Ugly: Riveting and terrifying procedural. Turns into a rich character drama. Superlative performances and direction. #uglythefilm
— Gyandeep Pattnayak (@gyanderp) December 27, 2014 There is a reason Anurag Kashyap is one of the finest director and writer around . Ugly is menacing, dark, gripping cinema . Must !
— Rana Ayyub (@RanaAyyub) December 26, 2014 Not a fan of dark angsty cinema but i loved the unexpectedly tender message of #Ugly. One of Anurag Kashyap's best films. Go see!
— Aalif Surti (@SuperAalif) December 23, 2014 FAQs
- What is the release date of 'Ugly'?
Release date of Ronit Roy and Rahul Bhat starrer 'Ugly' is 2014-12-26. - Who are the actors in 'Ugly'?
'Ugly' star cast includes Ronit Roy, Rahul Bhat, Girish Kulkarni and Tejaswini Kolhapure. - Who is the director of 'Ugly'?
'Ugly' is directed by Anurag Kashyap. - What is Genre of 'Ugly'?
'Ugly' belongs to 'Thriller' genre. - In Which Languages is 'Ugly' releasing?
'Ugly' is releasing in Hindi.