Gunday (2014)

Original title

गुंडे

Directed by

Ali Abbas Zafar

Genre

action film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 32m

Rated

UA

Rating

4.9 of 10 from 115 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two orphaned boys grow up as best friends and become outlaws in 1970s Kolkata. They both fall in love with the same cabaret dancer, which sparks jealousy and conflict between them. A police officer tries to use their rivalry to bring them down.

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What happens

Gunday (transl. Outlaws) is a 2014 Indian Hindi-language period action drama film written and directed by Ali Abbas Zafar and produced by Aditya Chopra under Yash Raj Films. The film stars Ranveer Singh, Arjun Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, and Irrfan Khan in the lead roles. Set in 1971–1988 Calcutta, the film follows two best friends who are also outlaws that both fall in love with a cabaret dancer, which causes rivalry and misunderstandings between them while a police officer tries to take advantage of this situation to eliminate them. Zafar conceived the film, which was the last to be narrated to founding patron Yash Chopra, as an amalgam of stories he had heard from his father as a child about the effects of war-caused immigration and the Mafia Raj's illegal marketing of coal. He wrote the film as a tale of the consequences of the struggle of two outlaws against the system, using his father's stories as a backdrop for the characters. Principal photography began in Mumbai in December 2012 before moving to Kolkata, where extensive filming was done. The soundtrack was composed by Sohail Sen, and the lyrics were penned by Irshad Kamil, while Julius Packiam composed the background score, taking over Sen's duties from Zafar's debut, Mere Brother Ki Dulhan, eventually becoming a regular collaborator. Gunday was released on 14 February 2014, receiving mixed to positive reviews from critics. It was a commercial success, with a box-office gross of ₹1.31 billion, making it the 10th highest-grossing Hindi film of 2014. The film won Best Action at the 60th Filmfare Awards and was nominated for Best Choreography for the song "Tune Maari Entriyaan." However, on IMDb, the movie got review bombed by the people of Bangladesh due to inaccuracies in the intro. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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