‘Ardh’ trailer: Rajpal Yadav and Rubina Dilaik play migrant dreamers in Mumbai
Palash Muchhal’s film also stars Hiten Tejwani and Kulbhushan Kharbanda and has a voiceover by Jackie Shroff. ‘Ardh’ will be out on Zee5 on June 10.

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