 Aligarh was the opening film at the 17th Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival.Based on a script by his long time collaborator Apurva Asrani (previous collaborations Chhal, Shahid, Citylights) "Aligarh" featured three of Mehta's favourite actors Manoj Bajpayee (with whom he reunited after Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar in 2000), Ashish Vidyarthi (after Highway in 1995) and Rajkummar Rao (their third collaboration since Shahid).Aligarh was presented and co-produced by Eros International.