When his father is lynched by a mob after being framed by a gangster, a young boy leaves his village along with his pregnant mother and flees to Mumbai. He takes up a life of crime and swears to avenge his father. A remake of the 1990 film.
Acting
Sanjay Dutt's Kancha is genuinely unhinged cinema.
Production
Mandwa village built from scratch—oppressively gorgeous.
Direction
Karan Malhotra commits to the bit, zero irony.
Director
Karan Malhotra
Hrithik Roshan
Vijay Deenanath Chauhan
Sanjay Dutt
Kancha Cheena
Priyanka Chopra Jonas
Kaali Gawde
Rishi Kapoor
Rauf Lala
Zarina Wahab
Suhasini Chauhan
Om Puri
Eknath Gaitonde
Madhurjeet Sarghi
Lachhi
Inaamulhaq
Shiva
Pankaj Tripathi
Surya
Brijendra Kala
Muneem
Ravi Jhankal
Shantaram
Deven Bhojani
Azhar Lala
Rajesh Tandon
Mazhar Lala
Sachin Khedekar
Mr. Borkar
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sanjay Dutt gained 12kg and shaved his head to look 'cancerous'—his words, not mine.
The 'Chikni Chameli' item number became a wedding staple despite the film's grim tone—a classic Bollywood disconnect.
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