about movie: thugs of hindostan is one of indian cinema’s biggest films which releases in theatres worldwide this diwali. yrf has pulled off an incredible casting coup by bringing together two of the biggest legends of indian cinema, amitabh bachchan and aamir khan on screen for the first time. directed by vijay krishna acharya, the film also stars katrina kaif and fatima sana shaikh.
based on philip meadows taylor’s 1839 novel confessions of a thug, the movie tells us about a thug named ameer ali and his gang, whose nefarious ways posed a serious challenge to the british empire in india between 1790 and 1805.
* yrf’s mega action adventure, thugs of hindostan, is set to release on november 8, 2018 a national holiday.