title: Shukranu
text: # Shukranu
  
  Shukranu is an Indian film directed by Bishnu Dev Halder, starring Divyenndu, Shweta Basu Prasad and Sheetal Thakur. The film is produced by Reliance Entertainment.
  
  ## Synopsis
  
  Shukranu is a fictional story based on true incidents. During Emergency in 1976 an estimated 6.2 million men were subjected to forced sterilization. 2 thousand of them lost their lives due to botched operations. Set in Delhi/UP/Haryana, Shukranu is a comic take on the darkest phases of Indian democracy through the encounters of a would-be groom who is forcefully sterilized just days before his much-awaited marriage.
  
  ## Cast
  
  * Divyenndu as Inder
  * Sheetal Thakur as Akriti
  * Aakash Dabhade as Bhaanu
  * Rajesh Khattar as Bhisham
  * Shakti Singh as Maruti
  