'' October '' is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language slice of life romantic drama film directed by Shoojit Sircar , and produced by Ronnie Lahiri and Sheel Kumar under their Rising Sun Films banner . The film stars Varun Dhawan , Banita Sandhu , and Gitanjali Rao . Both Sandhu and Rao debuted as actors with this film . Written by Juhi Chaturvedi and shot by Avik Mukhopadhyay , the film follows the life of a hotel-management intern who takes care of his comatose fellow intern in an unconditional and unconventional manner . October earned six nominations at the 64th Filmfare Awards including Best Supporting Actress for Rao and Best Actor Critics for Dhawan
64th Filmfare Awards
64th Filmfare Awards
October (2018 film)