20142h 30mDir. Vishal Bhardwaj

Haider

Name: Haider
Genre: Crime, Drama
Released: 2014-10-02
Duration: 2 h 30 min
Rating: 5
Cast: Shahid Kapoor, Tabu, Kay Kay Menon, Shraddha Kapoor, Narendra Jha

CrimeDrama

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A young man returns to Kashmir after his father's disappearance to confront his uncle - the man he suspects to have a role in his father's fate.

Starring:Shahid Kapoor,Tabu,Kay Kay Menon,Shraddha Kapoor,Narendra Jha

Featured Cast

(12 actors)

Shahid Kapoor

Haider Meer

Tabu

Ghazala Meer

Kay Kay Menon

Khurram Meer

Shraddha Kapoor

Arshia Lone

Narendra Jha

Dr. Hilal Meer

Irrfan Khan

Roohdaar

Kulbhushan Kharbanda

Hussain Meer

Lalit Parimoo

Pervez Lone

Aamir Bashir

Liyaqat Lone

Sumit Kaul

Salman 1

Rajat Bhagat

Salman 2

Ashish Vidhyarthi

Brigadier T. S. Murthy

Key Production Crew

Director

Vishal Bhardwaj

Screenplay & Writers

Basharat Peer, Vishal Bhardwaj, William Shakespeare, Gulzar

Cinematography

Pankaj Kumar

Original Score

Mehdi Hassan, Vishal Bhardwaj

Producers

Ronnie Screwvala, Vishal Bhardwaj, Siddharth Roy Kapur

Film Details

Budget$7,000,000

Box Office Revenue$11,500,000

Original Languagehi

Production Studios

Vishal Bhardwaj PicturesUTV Motion Pictures

Keywords & Themes

#death of father#revenge#kashmir conflict#hamlet#avenge

Community Reviews & Logs

Aniket Shukla @aniket11

Oct 13, 2026

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5.0

So, I finally watched Haider, and wow… Shakespeare must be losing his mind in the afterlife because Vishal Bhardwaj just took Hamlet, gave it a Kashmiri makeover, and made it an absolute cinematic beast. I mean, this isn...

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