Director Dibakar Banerjee has adapted Vassilis Vassiliko's novel 'Z' to Indian context and pulls absolutely no punches in its depiction of contemporary Indian realities.
Starring: Abhay Deol, Emraan Hashmi, Kalki Koechlin and Bengal's superstar Prosenjit
Story: A small town somewhere in India is poised to become the next Shanghai. Billions of dollars are being poured into an upcoming International Business Park.
On the eve of its launch a drunk truck driver mows down a prominent social activist. A lone girl believes it to be a murder, supported by a porn film maker who claims to have the proof that will bring the government down.
A high ranking bureaucrat is brought in to investigate the accident.
Shanghai, a political thriller, follows the journey of these unlikely heroes as they come together to find justice in the labyrinth of Indian democracy.