Gyanvapi Files: A Tailor’s Murder Story(2025)

- Crime

Release Date: Sep 5, 2025 | Limited

When a tailor in Udaipur is brutally killed in broad daylight following a controversial online post, the shocking crime reverberates across India. Gyanvapi Files: A Tailor’s Murder Story dramatizes the events before, during, and after the murder, examining social tensions, justice and the impact of communal conflict on everyday life.

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Original Release | Sep 5, 2025

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Director & Top Cast

Bharat S Shrinate
Director

Jayant Sinha
Director

Vijay Raaz
Kanhaiya lal

Preeti Jhangiani
Actor

Mushtaq Khan
Actor

Puneet Vashisht
Actor

Ehsan Khan

Actor

Meenakshi Chugh

Shakuntala Raje

Durgesh Chauhan

Maulana

Kamlesh Sawant

Actor

Kanchi Singh

Actor

Farheen Falak

RAW Officer

Raju Kumar

Friend Of Vijayraaj

Aditya Raghav

Actor

Gagandeep Singh

Actor

Mohit Mahawar

Tarun Sahu

Rajniesh Duggall

Actor

Uday Atrolia

Actor

Other Details

Country of Origin: India

Language: Hindi

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Plot Summary

Gyanvapi Files: A Tailor’s Murder Story is a 2025 Indian Hindi-language crime drama directed by Bharat S. Shrinate and Jayant Sinha, with screenplay credits also going to Amit Jani and Bharat Singh. The film stars Vijay Raaz, Preeti Jhangiani, and Rajniesh Duggall in key roles, and portrays the real-life murder of tailor Kanhaiya Lal Sahu Darji in Udaipur, Rajasthan, in June 2022 — a crime that drew national attention, controversy, and legal scrutiny. The narrative blends dramatized reconstruction with social context, tracing the brutal attack on the victim in his own shop after a purported online controversy and the subsequent investigation, public discourse, and societal fractures that followed. With a screenplay rooted in research and real‐world impact, the film attempts to engage with issues of communal tension, justice, and how a single act of violence can expose deeper divisions and fault lines. Distributed by Reliance Entertainment and produced by Altair Media and Jani Firefox Films, Gyanvapi Files: A Tailor’s Murder Story was released theatrically in India on August 8, 2025, after a series of delays and legal challenges around certification. Designed for viewers who follow socially relevant cinema rooted in real events, the film has generated debate and conversation about both its subject matter and the responsibilities of storytelling in contemporary India.

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Producer Amit Jani's Jaani FireFox Films shot key scenes at the actual Udaipur shop site (recreated for sensitivity), using real sewing machines stained with symbolic blood effects to heighten the beheading's visceral impact based on the killers' filmed footage.