''The Interview: Night of 26/11'' (formerly titled Cover Story) is a 2021 Indian

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-language thriller film directed by Laurence Postma and co-written by Farrukh Dhondy and starring Anjum Nayar and

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. It is the second official remake of the acclaimed Dutch film ''

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'', directed by Theo Van Gogh in 2003, the first being ''

'' by

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in 2007. Originally planned to release in 2011, it was delayed for unspecified reasons and finally released in August 2021.

Plot

A successful film actress (Anjum Nayar) and a special assignment for a magazine ''Cover Story'', a one night account (on the night of 26/11) of an interview by a journalist (Jackie Shroff), a former

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, with the film star and the scoop that the correspondent gets for the publication.

Cast

*Anjum Nayar *

* Yuri Suri

Soundtrack

Release

Critical reception

References

External links

* * Indian remakes of foreign films 2020s Hindi-language films 2021 thriller films 2021 films Films scored by Shamir Tandon Indian thriller films Hindi-language thriller films Two-handers Films about journalists Films about journalism Films based on the 2008 Mumbai attacks Films about war correspondents Films about the mass media in India Films about mass media people Remakes of Dutch films Films based on works by Theo van Gogh (film director) {{thriller-film-stub