Afwaah OTT release date, cast, plot, trailer, controversy, box office collection and more

In a big treat for Nawazuddin Siddiqui and his fans, political drama titled Afwaah is all set arrive on Netflix on June 30.

Cast of the Film

Produced by filmmakers Anubhav Sinha and Bhushan Kumar under their respective banners Benaras Media Works and T-Series Films, the film stars Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Bhumi Pednekar and Sumeet Vyas in pivotal roles. The film is directed by Sudhir Mishra.

Trailer of the Film

The trailer of the drama film was unveiled on April 19, 2023. Put simply, the trailer showed how a bunch of rumours can prove to hamper the reputation of top-tier businesses, governments and more. The video shows how Rahab (a character essayed by Nawazuddin Siddiqui) - a top advertising professional and Nivi (aka Bhumi Pednekar) - a political heiress, find no place to hide as they get entangled in a vicious rumour created by the social media machinery.

Sumeet Vyas essays the role of a politician who ends up becoming a villain to gain fame in the city.

Controversy around the Film

The movie was released theatrically on May 5 – and clashed with the film, The Kerala Story, at the box office. Both the movies witnessed contrasting box office fates. While The Kerala Story ended up minting over Rs 100 crores at the box office, Afwaah struggled to breathe at the theatres.

Surprisingly, both the films were rated almost equally by almost all the prominent news portals. On May 10, five days after both the films hit the theatres, filmmaker Anurag Kashyap came out against the move to banning the former, writing that one can disagree with a film, find it a “propaganda”, but halting its screening is wrong. Instead, he asked people to watch Afwaah and make their voice “stronger”.

Box Office Collection

As per a report published in The Film Companion, Afwaah earned merely Rs 95 lakh over its first three days of theatrical release. Later, it struggled to exist at the theatres.