Mallik is a henchman of Aslam Bhai, a Mumbai underworld kingpin. He inducts local hothead Chandu into the gang, and the two of them soon form a formidable faction within the gang, eventually displacing Aslam. As the empire grows, however, the two of them start drifting apart.
Direction
RGV's camera stalks characters like they're already marked for death.
Acting
Vivek Oberoi's debut still crackles with dangerous desperation.
Cinematography
Mumbai never looked this beautifully hopeless.
Director
Ram Gopal Varma
Ajay Devgn
Mallik
Vivek Oberoi
Chandrakant "Chandu" Nagre
Mohanlal
Commissioner Veerappalli Srinivasan
Manisha Koirala
Saroja
Antara Mali
Kannu
Akash Khurana
Vilas Pandit
Seema Biswas
Ranibai
Ganesh Yadav
Yadav
Rajpal Yadav
Joseph
Vijay Raaz
Koda Singh
Mukesh Bhatt
Akram
Ashraf Ul Haq
Krishnan
Rajesh Tandon
Gadgil
Madan Joshi
Aslam
Bharat Dabholkar
Home Minister Rahute
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Loosely inspired by real Mumbai gang wars between Dawood Ibrahim's D-Company and the Chhota Rajan faction.
This film essentially created the modern Hindi gangster genre template that Gangs of Wasseypur and Sacred Games later perfected.
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