Steven Spielberg's next directorial The Post, starring Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep, will be released in India on January 12.

The film also features an acclaimed ensemble cast including Alison Brie, Carrie Coon, David Cross, Bruce Greenwood, Tracy Letts, Bob Odenkirk, Sarah Paulson, Jesse Plemons, Matthew Rhys, Michael Stuhlbarg, Bradley Whitford and Zach Woods.

The Post is about the unlikely partnership between The Washington Post's Katharine Graham (Streep), the first female publisher of a major American newspaper, and an editor Ben Bradlee (Hanks).

The film revolves around how Katharine and Ben race to catch up with The New York Times to expose a massive cover-up of government secrets that spanned three decades and four US Presidents.