Gang Leader (1991)

Directed by

Vijaya Bapineedu

Genre

drama film, action film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 35m

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A crime action film about a police officer fighting corruption and mob rule. He takes on powerful criminals who are twisting the law for their own benefit.

intenseaction-packeddramaticgrittyenergeticsoapyearnestfast-paced

What happens

Gang Leader is a 1991 Indian Telugu-language action crime film written and directed by Vijaya Bapineedu, and produced by Maganti Ravindranath Chowdary. The film stars Chiranjeevi and Vijayashanti, while Rao Gopal Rao, Anandaraj, Murali Mohan, and Sarath Kumar play supporting roles. The soundtrack was composed by Bappi Lahiri with dance choreography by Prabhu Deva. The film explores the exploitation of law enforcement by anti-social behaviour and the impact of mob psychology. The film opened to highly positive reviews from the critics and became the highest grossing Telugu film at the time. It was screened at the International Film Festival of India. Later, it was dubbed in Tamil with the same title. The film was later remade in Hindi as Aaj Ka Goonda Raaj (1992) where Chiranjeevi reprises his role and in Kannada as Kutumba (2003). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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