Gunday
The lives of Calcutta's most powerful gangsters - Bikram and Bala, changes when Nandita enters it. Then a counter-force takes charge and a thriller unfolds.
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- Cast:
- Ranveer Singh , Arjun Kapoor , Priyanka Chopra Jonas , Irrfan Khan , Saurabh Shukla , Pankaj Tripathi , Victor Banerjee
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A film with more than the usual spoiler issues. Talking about it in any detail feels akin to handing you a gift-wrapped present and saying, "I hope you like it -- It's a thriller about a diabolical secret experiment."
The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.
Gunday was a controversial illustration. Ranveer Singh posted as a vulnerable romantic. Arjun Kapoor played the unrequited and jealous lover. Priyanka Chopra delivered a temptress. Irrfan Khan acted as the authority figure. The setting in Kolkatta made for the few short dance sequences. Irony compelled a must-see ending. Bangladesi people were a little outraged with the script's emphasis of Indian and downplay of Bangladesi contribution in the Indo-Pak war. Bangladesh and India each appeared in this ode to Kolkatta's plight. Factual evidence could have been clearly subject to bias for the target audience, yet the entertainment factor had been the main draw. Aditya Chopra produced one of the few Bollywood films having a superhero duo for a fun spirit like Dhoom!
commercial Bollywood movies rely on the recipe of item songs,humor,action etc. to make a movie that can give people some entertainment and in return fetch them some money.But sometimes this universal formula has failed to work because of a bad storyline.Gunday is a perfect example of this.The film wants to show bromance,romance,action and whatnot but terribly fails at all.The plot is so Clichéd that i simply couldn't believe that this is what they are showing the people.Yashraj banner has always experimented with different types of stories like Rab Ne bana Di Jodi,band baaja baarat,dumb laga ke heisha etc but this is not new and different like those movies. Songs are okay,cinematography is okay too,historical facts are not correct.Production value is good too.Ranveer,Arjun,priyanka all of them are good actors but what can we do when the story is bad. So overall its clichéd plot actually surprises you instead of the plot twist in the end.Please do not waste your time into this.
"Gunday" follows a familiar territory of best friends turning foes for their common love. What follows is an action packed story of petty thieves turning into the city's biggest outlaws and a cop relentlessly following the criminal duo. Such stories used to be favorite among the '70s film makers. Story-wise, the film isn't more than an average '70s action film full of improbabilities. You can't just digest Ranvir Singh and Arjun Kapoor as the most notorious bandits of Calcutta in the 80s as the film projects nor the police action against them looks much realistic. Overall, "Gunday" is weak in its story with unlovable characters and tastelessness. Performance wise too, the film falls short for the under performed roles of Irfan Khan and Priyanka Chopra. If the film grips a little, it's for the fast pace and the technical aspects of the film.Rating: 1 star out of 4
OK it's not a good movie but I've seen worse than Gunday. I don't like Arjun Kapoor, he can't act at all but Ranveer and Irrfan were good. Come on, they don't deserve the worst movie title. I think cinematography, musics, and casting are good. This movie don't deserve "1". I guess Bangladeshis voted for 1, so this is not fair.The fight scene was funny because Arjun and Ranveer both look like wrestlers with oil (like traditional Turkish wrestling). In the end Irrfan shot Arjun in the heart but he was still alive and when they were running we could see the hole on his shirt but couldn't see the wound on his chest. That was silly. But still, Gunday doesn't deserve "the worst movie" title. Watch and see. My vote is 5; for the songs, Priyanka's dance and cinematography. Don't like the story and Arjun.