Serious Men is an Indian comedy-drama film directed by Sudhir Mishra. It is based on the book of the same name by Manu Joseph. The movie follows Ayyan Mani, a middle-aged Dalit working as an assistant to a Brahmin astronomer at the National Institute of Fundamental Research in Mumbai. Furious at his situation in life, Ayyan develops an outrageous story that his 10-year-old son is a science genius – a lie which later gets out of control.
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- "When a slum dweller spins a web of lies in pursuit of the upward mobility he has long craved, his ruse could be especially dangerous for his young son."
- —Official Netflix synopsis
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- Nawazuddin Siddiqui as Ayyan Mani
- Nasser as Dr. Arvind Acharya
- Aakshath Das as Adi Mani
- Indira Tiwari as Oja Mani
- Sanjay Narvekar as Keshav Dhavre
- Shweta Basu Prasad as Anuja Dhavre
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Watch Serious Men on Netflix