Hansal Mehta's 'Aligarh' all set to release in February 2016

Filmmaker Hansal Mehta’s reality drama Aligarh, which is based on the real life incident of doctor Shrinivas Ramchandra Siras, who was suspended from his job as a professor because of his sexual orientation, and stars Manoj Bajpayee and Rajkumar Rao in lead roles, will release in February next year. [caption id=“attachment_2453768” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Raj Kumar Yadav and Manoj Bajpayee in Aligarh.[/caption] Manoj Bajpayee announced the release date of the film, which had its premiere at the 20th Busan International Film festival earlier this year, while talking to a fan on Twitter. A fan asked the Gangs of Wasseypur actor why there was no news about the Indian release of Aligarh. To that, Manoj replied: “In February.” Aligarh was also screened at the 17th Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival in Mumbai last month. IANS