Movie Review - Gunday

Gunday

Old wine in new bottle but the wine is awesome. The movie vaguely reminds you of the eternal friendship between Jai and Viru in Sholay as also it has coincident sequences in resemblance to Mujhse Shaadi Karogi wherein both Akshay Kumar and Salman Khan fall for the same girl.

The storyline is compact keeps the sequences tightly woven around the script. Movie starts with the historical horror of Bangladesh creation and the subsequent plight in the refugee camps wherein Bikram (Ranbeer Singh) and Baala (Arjun Kapoor) as kids first get the taste of crime and eventually Kolkata bears the brunt of their criminal mindset.

Bikram and Baala carve out an empire for themselves and rule Kolkata for sometime before Priyanka Chopra comes into their lives and gives a new twist to the tale. Her simplicity and audacity impress both and eventually both Bikram and Baala realize that they are madly in love with Priyanka.

The sequences pertaining to the friendship chemistry between Bikram and Baala are quite engaging and the fact that both these guys are friends  in real life too, shows up on screen. Their queer attempts to woo Priyanka is definitely worth a watch and kudos to all three for giving a powerful performance in this regard. Eventaully Priyanka chooses one, dumps the other, misunderstanding between the friends follow leading to an all out rivalry. ACP Satyajeet Sarkaar's (Irfan Khan) power pact performance adds gravity to the movie without whom of course Gunday would have fallen into a comedy genre.

The movie captures some of the best locations in Kolkata, worth the mention is the Howrah Bridge which is always there in the background. Bikram has matured as an actor and exudes confidence in his act while Baala tries to catch up with him and at times even surpasses him. Ranbeer Singh has already established himself as a star while Arjun  Kapoor looks quite promising, will definitely go a long way.

The movie has in it all the masala for a typical Bollywood hit. Both Ranbeer and Arjun have delivered superb performance, while Priyanka Chopra though under acts her age yet at no point of time does she let her audience down.

If you a true Bollywood buff, have an apetite for masala movies, Gunday is a sure shot paisa wasool.