"Raman Raghav 2.0" is a thriller film, which is based on the notorious serial killer Raman Raghav who operated in Mumbai during the mid-1960s. Raman used a regular steel rod to reduce human faces to severed heads and broken skulls. After the Mumbai police captured him, he confessed that he had committed 41 murders. He was sentenced to death by the Bombay High Court, but it was later changed to life imprisonment.
Anurag Kashyap has written the story and screenplay for "Raman Raghav 2.0" in collaboration with Vasan Bala. The movie is about serial killer Raman(Nawazuddin Siddiqui), who stalks the drug-addicted detective(Vicky Kaushal), who is investigating his grisly murders. The film was premiered at the Cannes Directors’ Fortnight, where it got a rousing reception.