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Aiyaary

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  1. #001

    Aiyaary is based on the 2010 Adarsh Housing Society scam in Mumbai, which forced the then Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan to resign.

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  2. #002

    The Netflix version restores all the audio cuts and alterations imposed by the Central Board of Film Certification.

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  3. #003

    Naseeruddin Shah, who gave a striking performance in Neeraj Pandey's first film A Wednesday in 2008, returned to the screen in this film ten years later.

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  4. #004

    On 19 February 2018, three days after the film's release, a pirated version of the film was played on a government-run transport bus travelling between Mumbai and Pune; the bus was bought out by an alert passenger who noticed it.

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  5. #005

    Aiyaary is Sidharth Malhotra's first collaboration with Neeraj Pandey and his first army-centric film.

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  6. #006

    Aiyaary was Neeraj Pandey's first directorial failure.

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  7. #007

    Aiyaary means 'deceit', and when the film was announced many people were confused about what the title actually meant.

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  8. #008

    The film's original release date was 26 January 2018, alongside Padman. When both films were pulled, Padmavati, which had received its certificate from the censor board, was released on 26 January. The next date announced was 9 February 2018, and the film finally released solo on 16 February 2018.

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  9. #009

    Aiyaary received an 18 rating in Malaysia, the only country where it did not receive a 15 rating.

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  10. #010

    Aiyaary is the first film pairing Manoj Bajpayee and Sidharth Malhotra.

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  11. #011

    The release date was pushed back from 9 February 2018, reportedly to avoid clashing with Padman. The real reason, however, was that the film was denied a censor certificate until it cleared the Adarsh Ghotala scam scene, referred to in the film as 'Colaba Mein Ek Plot Hai'.

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  12. #012

    Neeraj Pandey first read the word 'Aiyaary' in Devaki Nandan Khatri's novel Chandrakanta.

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  13. #013

    Aiyaary marked Juhi Babbar's comeback film after 12 years; her previous film was Unns: Love… Forever, released in 2006. Her character was kept secret until the film's release.

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  14. #014

    Aiyaary was initially scheduled for release on 26 January but was postponed to 8 February to avoid clashing with Padmaavat, and then postponed again from 8 February to 16 February to avoid clashing with Akshay Kumar's Padman.

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  15. #015

    Mir Sarwar, who appears in the film, spoke about his disappointment at being left out of Neeraj Pandey's previous film Naam Shabana (2017). He said he was happy to work with him on this film because of its topical subject matter.

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  16. #016

    Aiyaary is Rakul Preet Singh's first film starring Manoj Bajpayee and Sidharth Malhotra.

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  17. #017

    The film was released in cinemas in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada.

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  18. #018

    Sidharth Malhotra's role was very different from the roles he had played before.

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