Shootout at Wadala (2013)

Original title

शूटआऊट ऍट वडाला

Directed by

Sanjay Gupta

Genre

action film, crime film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 31m

Rated

NR

Rating

5.4 of 10 from 43 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A diligent student named Manya is imprisoned for killing a gangster who attacked his brother. After escaping jail, he forms his own gang to seek revenge. The film dramatizes the real-life police encounter that killed gangster Manya Surve in 1982 Mumbai.

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What happens

Shootout at Wadala is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language crime action film written and directed by Sanjay Gupta. The film stars Anil Kapoor, Ronit Roy, John Abraham, Tusshar Kapoor, Manoj Bajpayee, Kangana Ranaut and Sonu Sood and Mahesh Manjrekar. It is a prequel to the 2007 film Shootout at Lokhandwala. In the film, Manya, a diligent student, lands in prison for killing a gangster who attacked his brother, Bhargav, who eventually dies. Soon, Manya escapes jail and forms his own gang to seek revenge. Based on the book Dongri to Dubai: Six Decades of the Mumbai Mafia by Hussain Zaidi, the film dramatises the encounter by Bombay police in which gangster Manya Surve was shot dead. It took place at the junction adjacent to Dr. Ambedkar College, Wadala, Bombay on 11 January 1982. Shootout at Wadala was released on 1 May 2013 and received mixed reviews from critics, It grossed over ₹82 crore (US$8.6 million) against a budget of ₹49 crore (US$5.1 million). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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