October 10, 2026 12:36 am (IST)

Make this your homepage

Bollywood

‘Restriction, not complete closure’: Supreme Court questions Delhi shutdown ahead of CJP protest | 'Unwarranted': India hits back at JD Vance over ‘indentured servants’ remark amid US Green Card crackdown | US targets Microsoft, Infosys, Tata in green card crackdown | ‘Bold and inventive’: Canadian poet Anne Carson wins 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature | ‘Attempt to destabilise world’s largest democracy’: 42 retired judges rally behind Gyanesh Kumar over ‘vote chori’ row | ‘Vote chor, gaddi chod’: Dhruv Rathee, Prakash Raj join Bengaluru protest against Gyanesh Kumar | India condemns Houthi attacks on Saudi airports, calls targeting of civilian infrastructure unacceptable | Dalal Street bloodbath: Investors lose Rs. 8 lakh crore as Sensex crashes over 1,000 points | Amazon layoffs hit India, US and UK: Fresh job cuts rock e-commerce giant amid festive shopping season | Bollywood mourns Nana Patekar: Anupam Kher, Akshay Kumar, Jr NTR, Suniel Shetty pay emotional tributes

Bhakshak

Photo courtesy: Screenshot grab from trailer video

Bhakshak trailer: Bhumi Pednekar plays journalist investigating abuse of girls

India Blooms News Service | @indiablooms | Jan 31, 2024, at 06:57 pm

Mumbai/IBNS: The trailer of Pulkit directorial Bhakshak, starring Bhumi Pednekar in the lead, was unveiled by the makers on Wednesday.

The trailer shows Bhumi playing a journalist, named Vaishali Singh, who investigates crimes against girls in a shelter house.

Bhumi, who goes out to risk her life at times to continue with her investigation, even gets questioned over her action by her own family.

BREAKING NEWS: It’s Vaishali Singh reporting live! The fight for justice has begun.#BhakshakTrailer out tomorrow!#Bhakshak, a film inspired by true events coming on 9th February, only on Netflix! pic.twitter.com/wbk86dQ2Wu
— bhumi pednekar (@bhumipednekar) January 30, 2024

At the end of the trailer, Bhumi questions whether people have stopped being empathetic or turned 'Bhakshak' (literally meaning eater).

Apart from Pednekar, the film features Aditya Srivastava, Sanjay Mishra and Sai Tamhankar in significant roles.

The film will be released on Netflix on February 9.

A story of resilience, says SRK

Sharing the trailer on his X handle, Bollywood superstar-producer Shah Rukh Khan said,"A story of resilience that needs to be told. #Bhakshak a film inspired by true events, releasing on 9th February, only on Netflix!"

The film is produced by Shah Rukh Khan and Gauri Khan's Red Chillies Entertainment.

A story of resilience that needs to be told.
#Bhakshak a film inspired by true events, releasing on 9th February, only on Netflix!
#BhakshakOnNetflix @bhumipednekar @imsanjaimishra #AdityaSrivastava @saietamhankar @surya_sun1990 @justpulkit @Njyotsana @gaurikhan @_gauravverma… pic.twitter.com/5L8BRA9ooW
— Shah Rukh Khan (@iamsrk) January 31, 2024

#Bhakshak #BhakshakTrailer #BhumiPednekar #ShahRukhKhan #GauriKhan #RedChilliesEntertainment

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.