Narayan Kamble, an ageing folk singer is accused of performing an inflammatory song which might have incited a sewage worker to commit suicide. As the trial unfolds, the personal lives of the lawyers and the judge involved in the case are observed outside the court.

• September 2015

  Court is India's Official Entry for the 88th Academy Awards

  July 2015

  Court wins the German Star (Best Film) at the 12th Indian Film Festival Of Stuttgart

  July 2015

  Day For Night acquires Court for UK and Ireland release

  March 2015

  Court bags Best Debut at the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival

  March 2015

  Court honored with the National Award for
  Best Feature Film (Swarna Kamal), 2015

• March 2015

  Court nominated for New Director’s Prize at 58th
  San Francisco International Film festival

  March 2015

  Releasing across India on April 17

  February 2015

  Zeitgest Films acquires Court for US distribution

  February 2015

  Court is granted the prestigious Hubert Bals Fund

  January 2015

  Court nominated for Ingmar Bergman award at
  Goteborg Film Festival

  January 2015

  Official Selection at New Directors/New Films Festival

• December 2014

  Court wins the Silver Screen Award for Best Film at SGIFF

  November 2014

  Court honoured with the New Talent Award at
  Hong Kong Asian Film Festival

  November 2014

  Court honoured with the FIPRESCI prize at Viennale

  October 2014

  Court bags top honours at Mumbai Film Festival

• October 2014

  Court wins SIYAD award for Best Film at Antalya Film Festival

  September 2014

  Court awarded Lion of the Future as well as Orizzonti Award for Best Film at Venice

  August 2014

  Memento’s Artscope acquires Court

  July 2014

  Selection for the Venice International Film Festival

• “...a damning courtroom drama”- The A.V. Club

  “...a masterpiece, one of the best films of the year”- RogerEbert.com

  “...(a) quiet, devastating critique of the antiquated Indian legal system.”- The New York Times

  “...epitomize(s) the collision between outdated customs and modernization”- LA Times

  “...a powerful and richly praised new Indian film” - New Yorker

  "...a quietly scathing critique of a government that’s deeply steeped and entrenched in tradition"- The Playlist

• "The film is a sobering, eye opening experience."- Twitch Film

  "...a startlingly clear-eyed and multifaceted vision of a society"
  - Slant Magazine

  “Chaitanya Tamhane emerges as one of the world’s most accomplished and promising film-makers under 30” - The Hollywood Reporter

  “Outstanding debut”- Variety

  “A rich, nuanced film”- Screen

  “A major film on the worrying state of freedom of speech in the Indian democracy”- Le Monde

• “...will inspire future filmmakers” - Examiner.com

  “...a startlingly clear-eyed and multifaceted vision of a society that remains damagingly mired in outmoded traditions”- Slant Magazine

  “...a powerful chronicle of gaping social inequalities and judicial inadequacies”- Irish Times

  “...(a) brave voice of the new-wave Indian independent cinema”
  - Filmphoria

  “...beautiful but melancholic” - My Dylarama

  “...a searing indictment of the Kafka-esque Indian legal system”
  - Dog and Wolf

• “..a marvelous debut feature” - Medium Close Up

  “..on par with the finest in contemporary world cinema” - Open Magazine

  “ludicrous, hilarious and heartbreaking” - Firstpost

  “A searing indictment of the Indian judiciary” - MidDay

  “...(has) enough bite to stay in your head long after you’ve watched it”
  - LiveMint

  “...(a) brilliant debut” - Hindustan Times:

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