After Mulk and Thappad, Taapsee Pannu and Anubhav Sinha join hands for their next release. Assi is their third movie together with a social issue. Assi(80) refers to the number of reported cases of sexual assault in India in 24 hours.
Assi: Cast And Crew
Cast:
Taapsee Pannu
Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub
Advik Jaiswal
Kani Kasruti
Kumud Mishra
Monoj Pahwa
Seema Pahwa
Supriya Pathak
Rewathi
Naseeruddin Shah
Producers: Bhushan Kumar
Krishan Kumar
Anubhav Sinha
Director: Anubhav Sinha
Writers: Gaurav Solanki and Anubhav Sinha.
Music: Ranjit Barot
Production Banner: T-Series and Benaras Mediaworks.
Assi: Storyline
Parima(Kani Kasruti) and Vinay(Mohammed Zeeshan Ayub) are a couple living in Delhi with their son. Parima is a school teacher. One day, while returning home, she is kidnapped and gangraped by 5 men in a moving SUV.
Advocate Raavi( Taapsee Pannu) takes up Parima’s case and fights hard to get justice. The intense courtroom drama has powerful performances by all the actors.
Assi: OTT Release
ZEE5 has the OTT rights of the movie,and it will mostly stream on 17th April 2026. Duration of the film is 133 minutes.
Director Anubhav Talks About Why He Made Assi
In a recent interview with ANI, the director said, “This is the number of cases that are reported every day. There is no count of those that are hidden on a daily basis. This number in itself was so shocking when we calculated it because every 18 to 20 minutes, something like this takes place. By the time you and I finish talking about it, a woman would have already been exploited.”
He added, “I was going through this internal conflict and kept thinking, What can I do?’ Why are we not doing enough? Is the police not doing anything? What about the judiciary?’ And then I realised that the problem is something else. It is easy to blame the police and judiciary, but difficult to blame yourself. This film was written while I was going through this ‘antardwand’ (inner conflict),”
Anubhav Sinha takes up relevant issues in his films, and Assi is a film that asks many questions from the society . Assi is not just a number; it is a question to society and the system.
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