Gulaab Gang (2014)

A fearless woman fights social injustice; creating a sanctuary for abused women and battling a crooked politician.

Director:

Soumik Sen

Writers:

Soumik Sen (story and screenplay), Amitosh Nagpal (dialogue)

Stars:

Madhuri Dixit, Juhi Chawla, Divya Jagdale

4 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Madhuri Dixit	...	Rajjo
Juhi Chawla	...	Sumitra Devi
Divya Jagdale	...	Mahie
Priyanka Bose	...	Sandhya
Tannishtha Chatterjee	...	Kajri
Lata S. Singh	...	Tara
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ashish Bhatt	...	Arun's friend
Sudev Nair	...	Arun
Ankit Anil Sharma	...	Sarju

Storyline

Rajjo has created an ashram (sanctuary) for girls and women. The youngest students are taught to read. The adults are given a chance for employment, grounding spices, weaving beautiful pink saris, and when necessary picking up weapons to fight social injustices. Rajjo and her rose-hued gang members are asked to back Sumitra Bagrecha, a politician whose grand promises inspire hope in Rajjo. But when Sumitra reveals her callous, greedy nature, the Gulaab Gang become her worse enemy.

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Plot Keywords:

gang | woman | education | rape | crooked politician | 

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Genres:

Action | Drama

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

7 March 2014 (USA)

Also Known As:

Banda fetelor

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$126,373

Company Credits

Production Co:

Benaras Mediaworks, Sahara Movie Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

139 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Tabu was in line to play the lead role in an earlier version, however, due to a lack of funding the project was postponed.

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Crazy Credits

As the credits roll on the right side of the screen, the filmmakers acknowledge real life women fighting injustice and making a difference in their communities with a drawing and few sentences telling each woman's story.

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Connections

References Tezaab (1988)

User Reviews

The birthing and metamorphosis - in more ways than one

Too many jumps doesn't let the story flow in a linear manner. I understand that there are a lot of by stories that need to be established but the jumps are way too many and the first foray in watching the film is that of disjointedness.

And why the delay in embracing the protagonist? And when finally she emerges from behind the veil, the entry lacks voltage.

And then comes in the antagonist and she doesn't fail. And the face off well that doesn't fail either. Both stand their ground and it's electrifying.

It's not a question of who had the meatier or glamorous role but JC over shone MD. JC was the character and vice versa. I was seeing Sumitra in each frame through all her mannerisms whether it was biting her lower lip or having that clove (atleast that's what I think it was).

Considering that the film is all about the leader of the GG, the magic, passion and the rawness just don't emerge. She excels in what she's the most graceful at but otherwise she just sparked intermittently.

There was more than a kernel of a story and considering its the directorial debut of SS, a good effort. Much will be expected in the second outing though. The reason why I couldn't add in a better adjective is because of a number of reasons. The number of songs and their reasoning for them to be? And what's with the shoddy editing? Storytelling is an art - why butcher it?

All in all it was a valiant effort and as I mentioned earlier given the sheer talent of SS, one expects a whole lot more.