Set in the city of Uttar Pradesh and based on true events, the plot revolves around Dr Shrinivas Ramchandra Siras who taught Marathi at Aligarh Muslim University. He was sacked from his position of Reader and Chair of Modern Indian Languages, on charges of homosexuality. A sting operation was conducted by a TV channel which showed him in an embrace with a rickshaw puller, at his house inside the campus.

Title	:	Aligarh
Release Date	:	February 26, 2016
Runtime	:	114 minutes
Genres	:	Drama
Production Co.	:	Eros International, Karma Pictures
Production Countries	:	India
Director	:	Hansal Mehta, Ankur Maan, Jai Mehta
Writers	:	Apurva Asrani
Casts	:	Sukhesh Arora, Manoj Bajpai, Balaji Gauri, Sumit Gulati, Dilnaz Irani, K.R. Parmeshwar, Rajkummar Rao, Ishwak Singh, Nutan Surya, Suman Vaidya,Ashish Vidhyarthi