Gulaal (2009)

A law student witnesses deception, homicide, and crime after being elected as General Secretary of his college.

Director:

Anurag Kashyap

Writers:

Raj Singh Chaudhary (story), Anurag Kashyap (screenplay and dialogue)

Stars:

Kay Kay Menon, Raj Singh Chaudhary, Jesse Randhawa

Top Rated Indian Movies #89 | 2 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Kay Kay Menon	...	Dukey Bana
Raj Singh Chaudhary	...	Dilip Kumar Singh
Jesse Randhawa	...	Anuja (as Jessy Randhawa)
Deepak Dobriyal	...	Rajendar Bhati
Ayesha Mohan	...	Kiran
Mahie Gill	...	Madhuri
Piyush Mishra	...	Prithvi Bana
Abhimanyu Singh	...	Rananjay 'Ransa' Singh
Aditya Srivastava	...	Karan
Mukesh Bhatt	...	Bhanwar Singh
Pankaj Jha	...	Jadhwal
Savi Sidhu	...	Dileep's Elder Brother
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Vasan Bala	...	Mangla
Jyoti Dogra	...	Dukey Bana's wife
Chittaranjan Giri	...	Police Inspector

Storyline

Bikaner-based 28-year-old Dilip Kumar Singh is enrolled in a Rajpur-based Law college, and rents a room with an unstable male, Rananjay Singh. His attempts to re-locate to a hostel, pits him against a group of men, led by Jadhwal, who not only assault, but also molest him, and then lock him in a dark room with a naked and abused female, Anuja. He recuperates in a hospital and joins hands with Rananjay and Dukey Bana to avenge this humiliation, as well as befriends Anuja, who is a Lecturer in the college. He also decides to support Rananjay, who is legitimate son of a former Raja, to run for college elections - and it is this decision that will shatter and change his life forever.

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Plot Keywords:

grim reality | reference to john lennon | revenge | overconfidence | nihilism | 

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Taglines:

Love... Power... Revolution.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Details

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

13 March 2009 (India)

Also Known As:

Gier nach Macht

Filming Locations:

Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$2,364,294

Company Credits

Production Co:

Zee Limelight

Technical Specs

Runtime:

140 min 147 min (uncut)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Due to various reasons the movie took 7 years to get completed right from its scripting stages. It almost got shelved at one point in time.

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Quotes

Dukey Bana: A patriot must ALWAYS be ready to defend his country from his government!

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Connections

Featured in Dev.D (2009)

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Soundtracks

Arambh Hai Prachand
Performed by Rahul Ram
Lyrics & Composed by Piyush Mishra
Music on T-Series

User Reviews

A Movie Well Worth Watching.

A political thriller set against background of college in the Indian city of Jaipur in the state of Rajasthan as an intriguing and an interesting factor itself. What makes it more interesting is the plot itself and more so when an innocent student goes there to study and gets involved with a woman who seems to be innocent but is, in reality, is a bitter pill.

Co – written and directed by Anurag Kashyap and written by Raja Choudhary, this thriller genre movie, stars Kay Kay Menon, Raja Chaudhary, Jesse Randhwa, Deepak Dobriyal, Ayesha Mohan, Mahie Gill, Piyush Mishra and Abhimanyu Singh.

This is the second thriller that has been released this year and again it starred Kay Kay Menon and once again, he has stolen "the show." Ayesha Mohan is also on the same route as Kay Kay Menon but not as much. The story does have some twists and turns which are worth watching and its those that make this movie more interesting, though the language can be considered a bit on the rough side at times but Anurag Kashyap has done a superb job on this.

This is a movie that is well worth watching.