<Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> ₹ 83.35 crore </Td> </Tr> <P> Jagga Jasoos (English: Detective Jagga) is a 2017 Indian mystery comedy adventure film written and directed by Anurag Basu, and produced by Basu and Ranbir Kapoor . The film features Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif in lead roles, and tells the story of a teenage detective in search of his missing father . The film was released on 14 July 2017 . </P> <P> The story of Jagga Jasoos evolves around the infamous high profile case of Purulia Arms Drop, which took place in the year 1995 allegedly to overthrow the then Communist Government of West Bengal, India . Jagga (Ranbir Kapoor), a curious and shy young boy in a quaint little town lives a happy life with his accident - prone father, Bagchi (Saswata Chatterjee). After admitting Jagga into a boarding school, his father suddenly disappears . Feeling abandoned, Jagga's only contact with his father is a VHS tape that he receives in the mail every year on his birthday . Armed with sharp detective skills, Jagga sets out to solve the mystery of his missing parent . Along the way, he finds a partner in Shruti (Katrina Kaif), an accident - prone journalist with her own international criminal case to solve . Using a few tricks he learnt from Bagchi, with Shruti embark on a mission to uncover details of his father's mysterious life and finds himself embroiled in a worldwide smuggling racket . </P> <Ul> <Li> Ranbir kapoor as Jagga </Li> <Li> Katrina Kaif as Shruti Sengupta </Li> <Li> Saswata Chatterjee as Badal Bagchi, Jagga's guardian whom he calls TutiFuti . </Li> <Li> Kiran Srinivas </Li> <Li> Chitrak Bandyopadhyay as Debu </Li> <Li> Sayani Gupta as Little girl </Li> <Li> Saurabh Shukla as Ex IB Officer Sinha </Li> <Li> Rajatava Dutta as an Inspector </Li> <Li> Denzil Smith as a terroist </Li> <Li> Mir Sarwar </Li> <Li> Bijou Thaangjam </Li> <Li> Nawazuddin Siddiqui as Two - Headed Bashir Alexander (Guest appearance) </Li> </Ul>

Real life incident of the 90s forms a backdrop of the film jagga jasoos