Gunday is a 2014 Bollywood action thriller film and writter/directer is Ali Abbas Zafar and producer is Aditya Chopra. This film leading star cast are Ranveer Singh, Arjun Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra and Irrfan Khan in the main roles
Gunday Film story base is in 1971–1988 Calcutta, – two best friends and criminal, who fall in love with a common cabaret dancer, which causes rivalry and misunderstandings between them.
Write Ali Zafar conceived the film as an combination 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 criminal against the system, using his father’s stories as a backdrop for the characters.
Gunday Film shooting started in Mumbai in December 2012 before moving to Kolkata, where extensive film shooting was done. The music composer is Sohail Sen and the lyricist is Irshad Kamil. It was the last Yash Raj Film narrated to Yash Chopra.
Gunday was released on 14 February 2014, receiving positive reviews from critics and also Box office success, with a collection of 1.2 billion rs., making it the 10th highest-grossing Indian movie of 2014. The film won the Best Action at the 60th Filmfare Awards and also get nomination for Best Choreography for the song “Tune Maari Entriyaan”.
Main Credits of the film :
- Directer : Ali Abbas Zafar
- Producer : Aditya Chopra
- Writer : Ali Abbas Zafar
- Starring : Ranveer Singh,Arjun Kapoor,Priyanka Chopra,Irrfan Khan
- Narrator : Irrfan Khan
- Music/Songs : Sohail Sen
- Background score : Julius Packiam
- Cinematography : Aseem Mishra
- Editor : Rameshwar S. Bhagat
- Production company : Yash Raj Films
- Distributor : Yash Raj Films
- Release date : 14 February 2014
- Running time : 152 minutes
- Country : India
- Language : Hindi
- Genre : Action, Crime, Drama, Romance
Gunday film Story :
Gunday film Story :
Gunday film story starts with a narration of the independence of Bangladesh after the 1971 war. Two orphans : Bikram Bose (Ranveer Singh) and Bala Bhattacharya (Arjun Kapoor) two are child affected in this war. They meet Lateef (Pankaj Tripathi), who offers them food in exchange for smuggling guns. One of Lateef’s customers, an army officer, wants one of the boys as his sex slave; if Lateef refuses, his daughter will be taken. Lateef chooses Bala at first, but Bikram insists that he will go instead. Bala refuses to leave his best friend and returns to save Bikram from the officer, whom they kill. This makes them partners in crime; when the army chases them, Lateef is killed while trying to protect the both. Bikram and Bala run away to Calcutta and work at a restaurant. After being mistreated and insulted, they learn that thieve coal is a way to make smart and easy way of money.
Gradually they Become young, Bikram and Bala loot coal trains and sell the thieve coal; their chief competitor is Dibakar (Deepraj Rana). When Bikram and Bala loot one of Dibakar’s trains, his men threaten them. Fearless, they promise to loot his next train as well. When they arrive to loot Dibakar’s train, he calls them “refugees” and a fight occur. Before they kill Dibakar, Bikram and Bala tell him that they are Indians, not refugees.
Now having fully control of the coal business, they expand into other businesses by laundering money with Kaali Kaka’s (Saurabh Shukla) help. They become local robinhood type heroes by building hospitals, donating to charities, and building schools. Although they provide jobs for the poor, their business dealings make them a target of the law. Assistant Commissioner of Police Satyajeet Sarkar (Irrfan Khan) is summoned to arrest Bikram and Bala. Sarkar, knowing that they can cover their tracks with Kaali Kaka, warns them that he will arrest them when he finds evidence against them.
A businessman invites Bikram and Bala to the opening of his new club in Calcutta. He introduces them to Himanshu (Anant Vidhaat Sharma), his assistant. They introduce Nandita (Priyanka Chopra), a cabaret dancer. They both fall in love with her, and decide that whoever wins her heart will marry her. Nandita invites them to a theatre to tell them whom she loves.
Bala gets into a fight there with a man who insults Nandita and shoots him. Bikram tells Bala to go into hiding, promising not to see Nandita until he returns. Sarkar warns Bikram that if Bala returns to Calcutta, he will be killed. Nandita tells Bikram that she loves him, but if they do not observe Durga Puja together she will never see him again. Bikram agrees to meet her. Later, Bala learns about this through Himanshu, and returns to Calcutta. Enraged when he sees Bikram and Nandita, Bala accuses Bikram of breaking his promise and shoots at him. He hits Nandita instead, who is rushed to hospital and survives.
Bala learns that their businesses are in Bikram’s name, and demands his share. Bikram agrees, even sharing the ration card which is proof of their Indian nationality. Bala suggests sharing Nandita; angering Bikram, who fights Bala. Bikram wins but spares Bala as he saved his life. However, he warns Bala that if he bothers Nandita, he will kill him. When Bikram proposes to Nandita, she says she cannot marry him unless he leaves his criminal life behind; Bikram agrees. A bitter Bala blows up Bikram’s coal mines and kidnaps Nandita.
As anger Bikram prepares to kill Bala, Sarkar asks Bikram to turn the state’s evidence against Bala so he and Nandita can marry. Bala tells Nandita that he will kill her unless she leaves Bikram; Nandita retorts that she loves Bikram. Heartbroken, Bala apologises to Nandita and returns her to Bikram. In reality, Nandita is an undercover police officer helping Sarkar arrest Bikram and Bala. When Bikram prepares to help Sarkar implicate Bala, he encounters the man whom Bala supposedly killed and learns that he is a police officer. Nandita tries to convince Bikram that he will be treated leniently by the law, he believes the law was responsible for destroying their childhood. Nandita reveals her identity to Bikram, and he realises that she was a trap Sarkar set to separate him from Bala. When she asks him to surrender, he refuses and rejoins Bala.
Himanshu brings Bala into the coal mine to meet Dutta. Himanshu tells him that he is Dibakar’s brother and saw him murdered by Bikram and Bala. He reveals Nandita’s identity and tries to kill Bala, but Bikram rescues him and Bala impales Himanshu. While trying to escape, they are then cornered by Sarkar and Nandita, who again tells Bikram that she loves him and he should surrender; Sarkar also tries to convince Bala to surrender. Bikram and Bala see a passing train and run towards it. As Bikram and Bala are inches away from catching the train, Sarkar and Nandita shoot at them. At the end with the train passing away without the two, suggested that they were killed or they made it to the train and survived.
Star cast of the Gunday Movie :
- Ranveer Singh as Bikram Bose
- Priyanka Chopra as Nandita Sengupta
- Arjun Kapoor as Bala Bhattacharya
- Irrfan Khan as ACP Satyajeet Sarkar
- Karan Aanand as Dutta
- Saurabh Shukla as Kaali Kaka
- Pankaj Tripathi as Lateef
- Victor Banerjee as SP of Calcutta
- Anant Vidhaat Sharma as Himanshu
- Deepraj Rana as Dibakar
- Amrit Pal Singh as Gautam Biswas
- Darshan Gurjar as young Bikram Bose
- Jayesh Vijay Kardak as young Bala Bhattacharya
- Susanta Joddar as a Fighter
- Uttam Halder as a Coal Seller
Music / song of the film :
The music album composer is Sohail Sen, with lyricist is Irshad Kamil, except for one (“Gunday”) which was writer is Ali Zafar. The lyrics for the Bengali version of “Tune Maari Entriyaan” were written by Bappi Lahiri and Gautam Susmit. The music album contains ten compositions including seven original songs, a theme and a different versions of two original songs.
The singers are Javed Ali, Shadab Faridi, Lahiri, KK, Neeti Mohan, Vishal Dadlani, Arijit Singh, Neha Bhasin, Shahid Mallya, Altamash Faridi, Sen, Kinga Rhymes and Monali Thakur. The music album was released on 20 January 2014 by YRF Music. A Bengali version of the music, composer is Sen and with lyricist is Sanjay, was released on 30 January 2014.
The music album received positive reviews from music critics. The Times of India gave a rating of 4 out of 5, writing that the album succeeds in transporting the listener to the period when the film is set, but had its fair share of highs and lows.
Bollywood Hungama gave the album a rating of 3.5 out of 5, writing, “Sohail Sen seems to have finally got his act right. His songs have massive popular attraction, substance and the right blend of melody and contemporary styles.”
Rediff.com critics Joginder Tuteja also gave it 3.5 out of 5 stars, noting the musical variety in the music and the “entertaining songs”.
The Indo-Asian leading news channel / published on NDTV gave it 3.5 out of 5, pointing out Sen’s versatility as a music composer and writing that the album had “songs for every mood and music lovers couldn’t have asked for more.”
The music album was one of the most successful Indian music albums of 2014, with the songs “Tune Maari Entriyaan”, “Jashn-E-Ishqa” and “Asalaam-E-Ishqum” topping various charts in India across various platforms.
Songs of the film with Singers :
- “Jashn-E-Ishqa”…………………………Javed Ali, Shadab Faridi
- “Tune Maari Entriyaan”………………..Bappi Lahiri, KK, Neeti Mohan, Vishal Dadlani
- “Jiya”………………………………..Arijit Singh
- “Asalaam-E-Ishqum”…………………..Bappi Lahiri, Neha Bhasin
- “Saaiyaan”…………………………………………Shahid Mallya
- “Mann Kunto Maula”……………..Altamash Faridi, Shadab Faridi
- “Gunday”……………………………..Sohail Sen, Kinga Rhymes
- “Rhythm of Jashn-E-Ishqa”………………Shadab Faridi
- “Mann Kunto Maula (Classical)”………………..Altamash Faridi, Shadab Faridi
- “Tune Maari Entriyaan – Bengali Version”…Bappi Lahiri, Monali Thakur
“Asalaam-E-Ishqum” full video song :
- Singer : Neha Bhasin, Bappi Lahiri
- Music : Sohail Sen
- Lyrics : Irshad Kamil
Review of the film :
This film are released with Positive reviews from critics.
Critics Review :
Public Review : First Day First Show :
Pre-post production and Release of the film :
Pre Production Details :
Gunday film was announced by Yash Raj Films in August 2012 with Ali Abbas Zafar directing a film about two 1970s criminals in Calcutta (now known as Kolkata). In a Reuters channel interview, Ali Zafar said that the film was conceived because of his interest with history. His father, a 1971 war veteran, told him stories about the war, its immigration and the coal mafia. His father told stories about the illegal coal trade in Calcutta, where trains carrying coal were robbed by unemployed youths. Since coal was a black-market commodity during the 1970s and 1980s, he used it as a plot device. The stories inspired him to create the film’s backdrop around which he based his characters. Ali decided to set the film in Calcutta, since he felt the story suited the city’s political climate.
Ali said that films of that era, such as Deewaar (1975) and Kaala Patthar (1979), influenced his storyline. He believed that the films’ portrayal of the conflict between right and wrong gave him an understanding of life as a child, which he used in the script. In an interview, Ali said that the film depicted the consequences of the criminals’ struggle against the system: “If someone is deprived of basic rights, there will certain youth who will be disillusioned and go over to the dark side. In a way, the system creates its own enemy.” Gunday was the last film narrated to Yash Chopra.
Since most 1970s and 1980s films emphasized bromance, Ali wanted to showcase friendship and said that he wanted to “catch that spirit” of friendship of “Jai-Veeru” from Sholay (1975); he called the film a “definite reference point”, with Yaarana (1981), for portraying friendship. Ali made the friendship between his characters integral to the plot, where the characters would do anything for each other: “The whole idea while making Gunday was to bring the right feel of friendship. The idea about friendship which used to be in the earlier times, especially in the heartland of India was something else.”
Lead Actor Casting :
In August 2012, Ranveer Singh and Arjun Kapoor were cast as the protagonists Bikram and Bala respectively. Ali Zafar gave a joint pitch to both the actors where Arjun would play Bikram and Ranvir would play Bala. After hearing the description, both the actors felt that they could play their respective characters as they identified similarities between the characters and their own personalities.
However, the director shifted the roles as a surprise, giving the part of Bikram to Ranvir and Bala to Arjun. Although they initially wanted to play their originally proposed roles, feeling that their respective characters were within their comfort zone, they later agreed to play the opposite roles. Priyanka Chopra joined the cast as the main actress in October 2012. The following month, Irrfan Khan was cast for the role of a police officer in the movie.
Priyanka described her character Nandita, the cabaret dancer, as a girl next door who acts as the main catalyst for driving the story further and erupt the conflict between Bikram and Bala when they both fall in love with her. She admired the qualities of her character, saying, “She’s very decent and believes in black and white, which is very like me. She is a no-nonsense person and has this superior air about her, even though she is a very normal girl. I think women should carry themselves like her.” Irrfan described his character of the intelligence police officer as “larger than life”. For Irrfan, who had mostly performed in niche dramatic films, Ali Zafar made his character a lot more elaborate and mainstream. His character was highly stylised to suit the mainstream popcorn genre of the film.
Ranvir described his and Arjun’s characters as “two criminals with a bold attitude”. They described the friendship between the inseparable characters as like “two sides of the same coin”. Arjun further explained that Ranvir’s character Bikram brings equilibrium to his character Bala, saying, “He (Bikram) is more in control and aware of his surroundings. Bala, on the other hand, is temperamental and acts in the heat of the moment.”
Shooting and Production of the film :
Rajat Poddar handled the production design while Aseem Mishra did the cinematography. Subarna Ray Chaudhuri designed the costumes while Rameshwar S Bhagat edited the film. Film shooting started on 14 December 2012 in Mumbai. It was shot at the Chandivali Studio, where the scenes between Ranvir,Arjunr and Priyanka were film scene shooting done. The first schedule ended by December 2012. While film shooting a song sequence, Ranvir injured himself after falling from a height; he suffered a gash on his cheek. He was rushed to the nearest hospital and had to get a few stitches. The 2nd schedule of the film started in January 2013 in Mumbai, where the streets of Howrah were recreated on the outskirts of the city. The film shooting moved to Kolkata in mid-February, where the major portion of the film was filmed on-location. One of the early filmed scenes included a dramatic Durga Puja sequence under the Howrah Bridge with a crowd of 1000 people, for which a huge pandal was created. For building the pandal, a very old native professional was hired to give it an authentic 1980s look.
The opening song “Jash-e-Ishqa” was filmed at the Howrah Bridge; several scenes were also filmed at the Jagannath Ghat and Maniktala fish market. The Dhapa area was recreated as the refugee camp, standing in for a refugee camp in Bangladesh. Other locations included the Victoria Memorial and Belbad Colliery, where the opening train sequences were film shooting done. The song “Tune Maari Entriyaan” was shot across various locations, including scenes at the streets of Calcutta High Court, Dalhousie and Dakshineswar Kali Temple. Additionally, a small part of Calcutta was recreated at the Film City in Mumbai, which included places with signboards in Bangla, CPM flags, yellow taxis and the iconic Metro Cinema.Shooting in Kolkata continued till the end of March.
Bosco–Caesar choreographed all the songs in the film. The cabaret dance number “Aslaam-E-Ishqum” featuring Priyanka was filmed in early July over six days on a set created in Mumbai. The set for the cabaret number was modelled after Kolkata’s once very popular bar “Trinka’s”, known for cabaret, where troupes from Russia and Europe used to come and perform.
A huge coal mine set was erected at the Yash Raj Studio, where the four principal actors filmed the action scenes in July. In early September 2013, Ali informed the media via a tweet that he was scouting locations for the film in Muscat, Oman, where the song “Jiya” was filmed on location as a part of the last schedule. Ali also revealed that fifteen days worth of shooting was left for the film, which was scheduled to occur in Kolkata and Raniganj. Film shooting resumed in late September 2013 in Durgapur, where a huge climatic action sequence was filmed in the coal mine area.The film shooting was done over a period of 110 days and was completed on 25 September 2013.
Awards won By Gunday film :
- BIG Star Entertainment Awards :
- Most Entertaining Actor in an Action Film – Male….Arjun Kapoor……Won
- Filmfare Awards :
- Best Action………Sham Kaushal……….Won
Box office collection details :
This film reviews are positive, Yash Raj Banner and Good star cast helps Good opening of the film.
First firday collection is 16.10Cr,Saturday collected 12.65 Cr, and Sunday collection is 15.18Cr, then Monday gradually down the collection is 5.85Cr, First week is very good for the movie is 63.08Cr and recover more that Budget is 51 Cr, Gradually down the collection week 2 collection is 13.04Cr, All India Collection is 106.12 Cr and Worldwide collection is 130.90 Cr abd Box office India declared Super-Hit Movie.
Day week wise collection details :
- Day 1-Friday…………………..…..16.10 Cr
- Day 2-Saturday………………………12.65 Cr
- Day 3-Sunday………………………..15.18 Cr
- Day 4-Monday………………………..5.85 Cr
- Day 5-Tuesday……………………….5.15 Cr
- Day 6-Wednesday………………….4.55 Cr
- Day 7-Thursday……………………..3.60 Cr
- Week 1 Collection…………………63.08 Cr
- Week 2 Collection…………………13.04 Cr
- Week 3 Collection…………………1.38 Cr
- Week 4 Collection…………………0.70 Cr
- Week 5 Collection…………………0.30 Cr
- Week 6 Collection…………………0.10 Cr
- Week 7 Collection…………………0.01 Cr
- Total Net Collection………………78.61 Cr
- Worldwide Collection Gross…….130.90 Cr
- Overseas Collection…………………24.78 Cr
- India Gross Collection………………106.12 Cr
- Gunday Film Budget :……………….51.00 Cr
- Gunday Movie Verdict :…………….SUPER HIT
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