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Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai (2010)

Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai poster
Directed by
Milan Luthria
Genre
action film
Country
India
Runtime
2h 12m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 99 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The film follows a Mumbai police officer investigating two rival gangsters. One gangster rises from poverty to control the underworld, while the other becomes his ambitious protégé.

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What happens

Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai is a 2010 Indian Hindi-language neo-noir crime thriller film written by Rajat Arora and directed by Milan Luthria. It stars Ajay Devgn, Emraan Hashmi, Kangana Ranaut, Prachi Desai and Randeep Hooda. Produced by Ekta Kapoor under the Balaji Motion Pictures banner, Once Upon A Time in Mumbaai was released on 30 July 2010 to generally positive reviews from critics, and was a commercial success. The film is loosely based on the lives of Mumbai underworld gangsters Haji Mastan and Dawood Ibrahim. It was made on a budget of ₹38 crore (₹28 crore for production and ₹10 crore for publicity and advertising). A sequel, Once Upon a Time in Mumbai Dobaara!, was released in 2013. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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