Tony is a Hindi language psychological thriller film Written and Directed by Vipul K Rawal. The film was selected as an official selection at the Jagran Film Festival, Mumbai and Diorama International Film Festival, New Delhi. Made on a shoestring budget of US$710000, using guerilla film making techniques, the film saw a limited theatrical release in 1100 theaters in India on 29 November 2019. Digitally, the film has released on various digital platforms in Europe and Australia. Unlike most Hindi language films, Tony is a film sans any songs.
In order to do a class project differently and impress their teacher, four psychology students plant a camera in a catholic church’s confession box and come across a serial killer confessing to murders to the priest. In the same conversation, they find out that the killer is priest’s brother.
The upstart students then blackmail the priest to facilitate a meeting with Tony so that they can conduct his psychological analysis. All hell breaks loose when Tony meets them, befriends them and the students get a taste of blood and want to experience how it feels to kill someone.
Though cleared by the censor board, the film invited controversy when a group filed a suit in high court against the film maker alleging the movie poster and trailer hurt the sentiments of Christians. The matter is sub judice in the Honorable Mumbai High Court.