The music of the film is composed by Amit Trivedi, who has also composed the music for Dev D (2009). Vidya Balan plays the character of Jessica’s elder sister, Sabrina Lal, while Rani played the role of a news reporter. Upon release, the film met with positive critical and box office reception.
The movie also received 4 nominations at the 57th Filmfare Awards including Filmfare Award for Best Film and Filmfare Award for Best Actress for Vidya Balan and ultimately won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress for Rani Mukherji's performance.
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Main article: Murder of Jessica Lall
No One Killed Jessica is based on the true story of Jessica Lall, a Delhi-based model and restaurant worker who was shot in 1999 at a New Delhi restaurant by Siddharth Vashisht, alias Manu Sharma. Sharma is the son of a wealthy, influential and intimidating Haryana politician, Vinod Sharma, a close aide of the Chief Minister of Haryana Bhupinder Singh Hooda.Jessica, along with actor and model Vikram Jai Singh, were closing a restaurant's bar for the evening when approached by Manu and two friends. Infuriated by Jessica's refusal to serve them drinks after the bar closed, Manu fatally shoots Jessica. Manu's family's political, financial, justice and police connections intimidated, coerced, threatened and bribed nearly all the witnesses to the wanton crime. The case then became an uneven battle between Jessica’s family (especially her sister Sabrina) and the politically-backed and influential family of the accused.
In February 2006, the court acquitted Manu and the other accused due to lack of sufficient evidence, setting off a public outcry and widespread protests. The backlash from the initial acquittal forced the re-opening of the investigation. In December 2006, Manu was found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment.
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