

The Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) cyber police station had registered a case against few accused of leaking the movie. Prior to its release preview copy of movie leaked on the web on 10 August 2015. The film was released worldwide on 21 August 2015. Nawazuddin Siddiqui enacted the role of Dashrath Manjhi, while Radhika Apte played Manjhi's wife. Upon release the film received positive critical acclaim. The film is directed by Ketan Mehta, jointly produced by Viacom 18 Motion Pictures and NFDC India.

Manjhi, widely known as the 'Mountain Man', was a poor labourer in Gehlaur village, near Gaya in Bihar, India, who carved a path 9.1 metres (30 ft) wide and 110 metres (360 ft) long through a hill 7.6 metres (25 ft) high, using only a hammer and chisel. Manjhi – The Mountain Man is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language biographical film based on the life of Dashrath Manjhi.
