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 #108 | 1 win & 4 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 Srivastav	...	Karan
Mukesh S. Bhatt	...	Bhanwar Singh (as Mukesh Bhatt)
Pankaj Jha	...	Jadhwal
Savi Sidhu	...	Dileep's Elder Brother
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Vasan Bala	...	Mangla
Singh Bhupesh	...	Hanif
Jyoti Dogra	...	Dukey Bana's wife

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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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

Anurag Kashyap stated "Gulaal' is the most powerful film I have made. Though I have written movies based on student politics before I have never directed a movie on it. This movie has a fictional plot based in Rajasthan. Moreover, it has a love story running as its backdrop. I did not experiment too much with this film. I always felt when I wrote 'Gulaal' that I'm doing something which is way ahead of time. So, now that it is releasing, I'm quite confident as the issues I was probing back then, are plaguing our country now. My film is a cry for democracy and it shows the corruption of the system which is a prevalent issue even now".

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Quotes

Madhuri: Do you know he beats me up all the time?
Ransa: Then he does the right thing.

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Connections

References Reservoir Dogs (1992)

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Soundtracks

Mann Bole Chak Mak
Performed by Rekha Bhardwaj
Lyrics & Composed by Piyush Mishra
Music on T-Series

User Reviews

one of the best movies in Indian cinema

This movie reaches far from what an ordinary Indian movie can be.

I congratulate Anurag for this. He has the vision to understand this kind of movie... not only that but to canvas them.

The scenes like "KYA MAI DARPOK HU?" "USNE TERI MAA SE SHADI NAI KI", "SARFAROSHI KI TAMANNA", " KARAN: RAJNITI JANTE HO?", "POORI FORCE KE SAATH AYA HUN"," KIRAN KO BULA KE KYA KANYA DAAN KARVAYEGA?" JUST imagine we got to this level...

Exceptionaly extraordinary songs which introduces you to the heart of the story like "beedo", " SAHER HAMARO SOYO THO..", " .. Rana Ji mare ..." unbelievably outstanding.. marvelous.

Thanks Anurag.... and keep up.. I hope you keep on doing like this.. please don't change..::)

Details

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

13 March 2009 (India)

Also Known As:

The Abeer Color

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