Licence
A marginalized fruit vendor turns bureaucratic exclusion into a dangerous deception whose investigation reaches into his past.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- tense
- serious
- grounded
- social issue film night
- serious thriller viewing
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Satta stages a fake attack with friends in order to circumvent the denial of his gun licence.
Satta is denied a gun licence specifically because authorities view his low social status as disqualifying.
The investigation into the staged attack exposes a darker motive connected to Satta's past.
Films like Licence, and why
Peepli Live
shares a socially grounded Indian setting, class marginalization, dark satire, and ordinary people confronting entrenched institutions
Newton
combines bureaucratic dysfunction, moral pressure, social inequality, and restrained investigative tension in contemporary India
A Wednesday!
features an escalating confrontation between an ordinary person and institutional power, with suspense shaped by social anger
Movie Details
- Release Date
- 2026-04-24
- Runtime
- 117 min
- Rating
- 3.2 / 10 (8)
Cast
- Masoom Sharma
- Yashpal Sharma
- Arjan Panwar
- Sapna Choudhary
- Rakhi Lohchab
- Abhimanyu Yadav
- Sunil Chitkara
Common questions
- What is Licence about?
- A marginalized fruit vendor turns bureaucratic exclusion into a dangerous deception whose investigation reaches into his past.
- What is Licence like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Licence as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Licence violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Licence as mild.
- Which films are like Licence?
- Films with a similar feel include Peepli Live, Newton, and A Wednesday!.
- How long is Licence?
- Licence runs 117 minutes.
