 This film was later acquired by Disney-UTV and commercially released in October 2013.A biographical film on the life of human rights lawyer Shahid Azmi, who was murdered in 2010. this film continues to shine a light on human rights and the Indian judicial system and is highly rated on various digital streaming platforms like Netflix and Amazon Prime.Hansal was honoured with the 61st National Film Award for Best Direction while Rajkummar Rao won the 61st National Film Award for Best Actor for "Shahid."