Gunda (1998) Online

Director Kanti Shah is a genius. He doesn't belong with the mortals. His methods can be only compared to the likes of Quentin Tarantino. With that said, let me give you a fair idea about the movie.

This movie is more complex than Donnie Darko. Apparently, the entire plot occurs in a parallel universe where via Space-time warps, anyone can commute between shipyard/dock, airport/runway, desert/construction site, etc. in split seconds. The viewer must be aware of the fact that the time progression of the parallel universe is quite different from this universe as suggested by the rapid moving events. It must be also mentioned that the Newtonian laws of physics that holds true in this universe cannot be applied elsewhere. I am no authority over Newtonian physics but I believe Kanti Shah wanted to tell us that there exists no inertial frame of reference.

The acting is superb. In fact superb will be the understatement of the century. It is essentially the caliber of Mithunda that he's brilliantly able to take this movie from being an average to being a good movie and it is the sheer effort by the villains that takes this movie from being good to being great.

This review will remain incomplete and unjust if I don't mention the hard work put by Mr. Bashir Babar. He, as a scriptwriter, is at the top of his game. It takes great guts to write a script with every other line rhyming. The last time I found one was by Satyajit Ray - Hirok Rajar Deshe(1980).

The beauty of the movie lies in the fact that director Kanti Shah has not stated anything explicitly but stated things with explicit content. A movie on similar lines would be Loha (1997).

This movie is a must-watch classic piece of art.

Two words to describe it.. awesome and hearth robbing. This movie led to the development of Mithunda Fan Club at IIT Kharagpur. What brilliant action and tremendous screenplay !!(including random but dazzling background change). This is sure to lure out the best of Newtonian scientists out from their grave to reanalyze the natural laws which they had flawed. This movie depicts how common men can reach heights of wealth (like Mithun, who is a common dock worker, and his sister wearing fancy micro-skirts and mini tops to a college located in the mountainous terrains and Jungles). This movie also generates the option of creating an Indian video game on the likes of serious Sam, but the only changes will be auto loading Rocket launchers (whose 1 fire can cause 5 blasts) taken out from the Dickie of a Maruti Esteem and randomly fired at 1000s of random moving Auto-Rickshaws, but the obvious random factor coming into play and no rocket can hit its target. Coupled with this, enormous number of AK4x's firing enormous number of red bullets. This movie has everything: from Rape of the Century to The War of the Century. With amazing and absorbing story, brilliant direction, amazing dialogs (DI-a-LOGUES in real meaning), godly cast, and tremendous Mithun ACtion, Its a must watch for every movie fan out thr !!!!!

This film is not about Lord Mithun himself. This is the saga of all the divine characters with their divine introductions and dialogs, with Lambu Atta topping the list. The brute intensity of every single soliloquy from Lambu Atta and the regiment leaves you stunned with tears in your eyes and your guts aching. This is not just a movie; Its a celebration of emotions, love, family ties, clichés, political satires and the biggest of all - objectivity of death and forced fornication.

Its still debated whether this movie was meant to be this funny or its just a co-incidence. I don't know what did the actors have in their mind when they were delivering their lines. They must be suppressing their laughter so hard that it reflects on a subconscious level. A very serious warning though; don't watch for more than 20 minutes at a stretch. You might even die of over-dose.

wow !! amazing!! Mithunda at his best!! with breathtaking cinematography ( the background undergoes a split second change in a single scene from a shipping yard to an airport to a desert without the actors knowing about it !!) and awesome dialog writing as well as dialog delivery well this is pure Oscar MATERIAL...and well, y should it not be considering that its star cast involves some of the most legendary actors this world has ever produced...hold your breath...SHAKTI KAPOOR HIMSELF and MITHUNDA Of course....the death scenes in this movie are absolutely cool.. ALL IN ALL...A NEVER SEEN BEFORE MOVIE..DON'T MISS IT FOR ANYTHING

Man...Words are not enough to describe "Gunda"...This movie is guaranteed to have a profound impact on the viewers. Be it Mithun's acting, or the entire army of Baddies, this movie has got it all. Surely some people may dismiss the movie as any other "B" grade movie, but the kind of thinking that has gone into writing the story, screenplay, dialogs, and creation of characters is unparalleled.

My personal Fav. scene is where Mithun's sister is going on a "walk" in hot pants, and is saved from molestation by a guy who wants to molest her eventually. Isn't that something. And not to mention the entire gang of Villains..it just isn't possible to describe how much effort each guy has put in his acting...

Watch this for its full entertainment value...You won't regret it.

Leave the problems of your daily lives behind you. Join this awesome movie and its magical script where Mithun puts one of the best shows on camera.

This ride is full of twists and adventurous. Leave all reasonings behind. Close your eyes (ofcourse keep them opened while watching the movie). Don't ask questions. See what the director wants you to see.. And you'll know why this movie is a 10/10. Mithus is as always the God. Accompanied by equally talented side actors. But hail the script writer.

Awesome is a understatement.

Gunda is a must watch movie It is a movie which epitomizes Indian cinema mithun is like god and he can even kill whole world's population in this movie if they all charge towards him collectively just like the neo of matrix. Dialoges are best and hilarious Bulla is my favourite character in movie and his performance is the best. Mithun's sister is hot and the aerodrum scene is god-like which brings out emotions from heart and soul from the death of a brother.This movie clearly depicts what cinema is all about and it provides with you with sheer entertainment and pleasure and sometime you think that how someone that too from India can make such an unbeatable movie.This movie is greater than the lotr trilogy or the matrix.This movie should have been nominated for Oscars from Indian side and i am pretty sure that its a worthy contender of the appreciation it deserves. All IN All this movie is worth going as the GREATEST MOVIE EVER MADE in the annals of film history.

Wow!! no words can define this wonderful movie. Its direction, music, acting are perfect to the core. Be it its couplet laced dialogues or creative storyline or the mind-blowing performances by the greatest stalwarts of Bollywood (including Mithun Da)..... it is a movie worth infinite viewing. Every time you see it, you find a new meaning to the dialogues, a new dimension to the portrayal, a new perspective for research. Everyone who has watched the movie has felt an intellectual upliftment. Regarding the story, it revolves around a coolie (played brilliantly by the god Mithun himself) who fights for the sake of his honour. My favourite scene is when the second tier villain in the starting finds the corpse of his raped sister. The scene is so tragic that you will laugh until you have tears in your eyes.... (no hidden meanings n puns intended!!)

Undoubtedly, its the most crafted movie of all times. Kanti Shah and Mithun Da have outdone themselves once more. Enjoi!!

This film epitomizes the brand of Movie making that has generated quite a lot of wealth to its makers, particularly from the Eastern Hindi speaking belt of India. Starring the irrepressible Mithun Chakravarty along with a host of well known character actors from the B-grade movies this movie is a riot in the first half but does sag towards the end. The dialogs of the movie are truly memorable. No emotion, no relation is spared the satire. The reason for the movie gaining a cult status in India is the absolute absurdity that reaches heights never quite seen or dreamed of. the cardboard caricatures that any Indian movie goer is readily familiar with are all employed in full force and do full justice to the traditions of Bollywood.

The movie's status in Indian cinema is probably the equivalent of Plan 9 from outer space or show girls in Hollywood.

i was very very fortunate to have come across a movie like this in my lifetime...don't be frightened by the cast.i know there aren't too many famous people, but a movie like this really tests an actor and in my opinion they have all come out with flying colors..there is not one moment in this movie which leaves me unentertained...the villains in this movie beat the likes of gabbar singh by light years and take the word villain to a whole new level except for the fact that there are only 5 members in the deadliest gang ever..

technology is so advance in this futuristic film , that 5 people manage to drive 25 cars and then totally vanish once the cars are parked... the dialogues in this movie cross all borders of awesomeness and the writer is now my idle in life and i will not rest till i am able to meet him...

i love this movie for what it is..as i had a smile in face when it got over..it has the sweetest ending,a breathtaking start and an enthralling story line..

all in all, this movie is 30 years ahead of its time , and even though people don't recognize its importance now, i am sure it will get its due credit in times to come. this is must watch for everyone..

Like the Mahabharata and Ramayana, Gunda is a symbol of Indian culture. Like them, it appeals to all people - from the age of nine to ninety, from the intellectual to the rustic. The movie combines the old Indian tradition of poetic narrative with social satire of Dr. Strangeglove, the drama of ordinary life as portrayed by Satyajit Ray , the spiritual realism of Abbas Kiriastami and the high entertainment quotient of films like Sholay. This movie describes the revenge story of Shankar. It deals with age-old issues of good vs evil. The epic movie takes into its span all issues like cause of woman oppression, heredity vs upbringing etc. This movie talks very subtly about the issues confronting the modern India.The film is full of personifications - Bulla of Khulla fame standing for laissez fare robber capitalism, Kale standing for the dark relationship between police and criminals.Pote standing for the lack of concern for one's parents, chutiya standing for the emasculating forces . Lambu Atta stands for the compulsive lying and boasting . Ibu Hatela stands for the inordinate sexual desires. Mithun Chakravarty , acts as Shankar , the very personification of Lord Shiva, the destroyer, who destroys the evil forces. The last dialog of the film- Tera naam he Bulla , marte marte tera muha raha jaayega khula indicates the fact that when the so-called free economy will collapse, people will know its reality, its shady non-free nature ( the open mouth indicates a peep into its inside as well as transmission of actual news about self).

What do I say that hasn't already been said? Just the fact that I feel the urge to do so should give the reader an indication of the sheer power of this movie.

It is a cinematic masterpiece which has reached the annals of Indian cinema through it's anals.

Let it be said at the outset that the true star of this movie is the scriptwriter. The dialogs have to be heard and understood to be believed. Gunda effortlessly picks up every Z-Grade (Not like the security) Hindi movie cliché, adds its own brand of shine and chucks the resulting shitty lump of Goompah square in your face with an ease and aplomb that would win it an Olympic Gold under....well...contrived circumstances.

Evocative stools-inducing dialogue like "Main Roz Husn Ki Peti Khol Ke Hawas Ki Seeti Bajata Hoon" will have you reaching for the nearest bottle of Isabgol (or Himesh CD...depending on your digestive makeup).

If Sooraj Barjatya thinks he has the low-down on why evolution from animals to man wasn't such a good idea....be a monkey's uncle and take a look at the next superlative simian. He/she/it escorts sisters to their suhaag-rape-raats, commiserates with suspiciously wealthy coolies (probably on how the "billa" on their left arm ought to be made of platinum) and also catches airborne babies with ease.

James Bond???? Saving the World? The Hinterland of India and it's warped, twisted imagination saves it for you time and again with such movies. But Baap re Baap.....this has to be the benchmark which all future unmentionable-grade Hindi or English movies will have to better to earn a name in the lexicon of mediocrity.

My rating of 10/10 isn't a frivolity. I mean it from the heart of my bottom. Why wouldn't you want to watch a movie that will forever define its genre?

"Gunda", One of my all time favorites, stress buster, with amazing storyline, "bole sachmuch deeemag ki ghanti bajegi" Boss, "ek se ek dialogues", and amazing costumes, and choreography. The naming convention of each character(ex:Lambu Aatta,Bachubhai Bhigona,Bulla,Natte,Ibu Hatela,Pote, Chuttiya ) will make you sit and think as to what can be better names than this.

Mithun as always rocks, and looks well chiseled with little hanging tummy yet sober and a decent GUNDA.You will fall in love with him , trust me head over heals not forget to mention it is better than his other all time classics "Maa kasam", "Cheetah (this is again my all time favorite)" Barood and "Chandaal", the must collections in your video library.

Every dialogue by Mithun is memorable and sure all of them are punchlines for the generations to come, I am sure I am not just the only one who is an ardent fan of this ultimate SAGA, you will sure have tears of happiness while watching this movie, and it is the ZENITH for any movie standard.

Happy watching.....

If you think Indian movie makers are not creative then this movie is for you , with its flowing poetic dialoges in the first half and some breadth taking action with most creative and imaginative sequences in the second , gunda is sure to change your opinion forever.Some may argue that gunda is a "C" grade movie and it is absurdity rather than creativity that really defines the movie but that is the criticism that every piece of art has to go through. Has any of the movie makers ever imagined before a brothel which does not comprises of usual closed rooms but of a majestic halls with suspended chaar paayis (indian bed having four supports and is woven with strong thread) all through the place. Gunda is filled with such creative sequences and many more stuff which are better be experienced unprepared.At last all i would say is "Once watched , gunda is sure to be a perpetual ruler of ur mind." P.S. - Don't Miss the gang intro scene at the start

If Dr. Strangelove brought social satire into the mainstream, Citizen Kane pioneered political consciousness, Roshomon deconstructed the myth of authentic observation, Dekalog tweaked social mores, One flew over a cuckoo's nest overturned insanity on its head, and Kill Bill celebrated the aesthetics of gut-spilling revenge, then there exists ONLY ONE Hindi movie that pays tribute to all these traditions without compromising on the inheritance of a typically Indian narration.

Needless to say, Gunda discards several of the rules, conventions and concessions to tastefulness that plague many Hindi films. The characters speak in rhyming couplets, laden with double entendre for around 99% of the film. Mithun Da plays a coolie equally at home on airport runways and docks, where he has frequent run-ins with the villains as they take their pet leopard for a stroll or organize fighting contests. ... Read More It is high on absurdity and the surreal — in a particularly a memorable fight sequence, Mithun wreaks havoc in a brothel, pile-driving thugs through coir khathiyas (cots) that are suspended at various levels, several feet above ground.

Consider reading this review as a rare connoisseur to connoisseur moment, one that's almost impossible to explain in words & needs to be experienced. Go, get a copy of this masterpiece from your shady neighborhood CD/VHS shop owner now! This film has my highest recommendations.

Here comes an epic and extra-ordinary saga, with none-other than the supreme actor Mithun Chakraborthy. The movie starts with the bloody gang-war between two deadly assassins, Lambu Atta and Bulla. Bulla, with his brother Chutiya, and partner Pote and Ibu Hatela, kills the whole gang of Lambu Atta. But in one mission while killing the minister one of his man Kala Shetty comes across Shankar, who is coolie at Harbor and air port. Shankar makes for the arrest of Kala Sheety, thus making Bulla an enemy. From here on Bulla tortures Shankar, by killing his closed ones one by one. Shankar then who is mad with revenge, kills one after other all the baddies ending the overall gang war in Mumbai. The story plot is so well formed that there is no place for the audience to take a breath. Other than the story-line the characters too looks like picked up from real life. There are a whole gang of the villains, each with his unique style and dialog delivery. Dialogues like, "mera naam hain Bulla, main hamesha rakhta hoon Khulla", are an extra point of the movie. Songs are fitted so well in the movies, that they look like an integral part of the movie, unlike the other Hindi movies. The choreographer must get an award for the job that has been done. There is not a single chance left to show the cruelty of bad men. The movie catches the current situation and shows how closely Politician, police are mixed with gundas like Bulla, and torture the aam junta like Shankar. Over and all there are no negative points in the movie and it is a must watch for all Mithun Fans as well as all those who understand Hindi.

(Warning - The movie is so sentimental that it is recommended not to watch fully in one shot.)

PHENOMENAL , was the only word that came to my mind . This movie will make you flabbergasted from the scene 1 , every scene nurtures the hidden agenda which will make you to watch this movie again and again for eg how can one of the bulla's guy who was killed by lamboo aata ran a marathon from an unknown location (the location wasn't reveled where he was stabbed) to the shipyard? was it adrenaline of the fat guy, or it was lamboo aata sheer brilliance in stabbing! the director has very cleverly left the audience to judge depending upon their IQ level

The dialogues and their delivery will take you to another dimension and possibly even closer to god himself, the cast made sure that their identity/past gets reveled by the perfect rhyming poems which was very character specific

The cast was exceptional and every one has performed way beyond what is expected , the actors like bulla , chutiya , pote and ibu hatella were legendary and will be remembered for centuries to come but the actual showstopper among the lot was lamboo aata ,the guy had brilliant hand eye mouth coordination which he exploited to best of his potential ,its sad that he had an early demise which is the only drawback but that would be just nitpicking as the mantel was taken by prabhuji himself.

This movie dared to go against the contemporaries by celebrating death in its own way and few scenes like cot hanging with girls will knock the breath out of you

Some people even argued the fact that this movie was made in the parallel universe as their were rapid switch between the location from shipyard to airport and then to coal mine also people getting teleported. this remains as one of the biggest secret to be unveiled and we all hope that we get the answers as soon as possible

Guys this is not just a movie its a celebration of events , be a part of this celebration

After elizabethan revenge tragedies if something comes closer to the motif of "revenge" then it is this movie. Seneca would have been proud to pen such a marvelous script.

Mithunda compared to his acting skills actually does nothing in this moving yet portrays the best role ever portrayed by an actor in the history of world cinema. bravo. can anyone ever forget the scene where bullas sister dies and with her bullas tragic lament about choosing 300 chikna grooms for his sister. or the graveyard killing scene where our hero chops of the evils head.

last but not the least the subtle ironies are striking like ,bullas daughter growing up in our heroes home. Chutias death soon after becoming a "Mard".

.wonderful a must watch !!!

This movie stars Mithun, but still is so different from the "Mithun Movies". I quoted that because in "Mithun Movies", its Mithun who has to do everything. Bad people, good people, innocent people, wicked people, each and every one is connected to Mithun and contributes to the script just to create/shape the character that Mithun is playing in the movie. And what happens at the end of such movies is something that the likes of Arnold Schwarzenegger aka Terminator, Sylvester Stallon aka Rambo, Sunny Deol aka Sunny Paaji can just dream of. And that is why this movie, Gunda, is so amazing. It doesn't try to focus on any one character, but at the same time makes you pay attention to even the most insignificant character in the movie. Of course, at the end, Mithun changes course of the complete movie, but still the other characters have already done enough to impress the viewers.

People judge movies on many criteria and even the best of movies are lacking in some criteria. But this is one movie which you would rate highly whatever criterion you can think of. To enjoy the movie you don't even need to watch it in one go. Even if you watch the clips, you can enjoy them at the fullest. I wish I could mention dialogues, scenes, characters etc from the movie here in much more detail, but its even better if you watch the movie without knowing any of these. Probably, its going to take a good effort to get a copy of this movie, but if you get it, you are going to have the time of your life watching it!

This movie is another masterpiece from the Kant shah stable but it is the ultimate production of all times. The movie which was intended to be an action thriller as appears from the title and the plot turned out to be a hilarious comedy. The poetic dialogs are awesome and the choice of actors is just perfect.Shakti kappa deserves special mention who has done the role of chuting with perfection and it couldn't be better. Mithunda ,despite showing signs of aging is at his best in the movie... ramie Raddy, Ishrat Ali, deepak shirke, mikes Rush, Hamish Patel and Mohan Joshi..all play their parts with perfection. I believe the most interesting part of the movie is the initial intros by all the characters and the first scene between Kaufman choir Nerta and lam-bu attar. Ishrat Ali who plays the role of lam-bu attar has a small but pivotal role in the movie which he plays to perfection...the scene of his murder is his best part where he is willing to become a pimp for bull and even ready to get castrated to serve bull but unfortunately Kant shah had different plans for him and his role comes to an end in the early part of the film only. Mukesh Rush plays the role of don BULLA who claims that he always keeps Khulna, exactly what he keeps Khulna is a debatable topic however. Deepak shirker with his typical Marathi accent is brilliant as usual and plays the role of corrupt home minister Bach begonia.. Harish Patel with his jutting out belly stands conspicuous in the movie..as usual he make a mockery of himself and he is given the spiciest dialogs amongst all the characters best one being: Hum tum-he kissi Dhandhe Wallie Ki us jag-ah Ki ANSI Gore charmed ban dengue Jo fake khan khan Key Kali ho jato hair, hair Zuzana PE ma Behan Ki Gal ho jato hair... Kant shah 3 cheers for you keep up the good work...how about a sequel to Guntar...i think one is due for all the fans...

Even writing a review about the movie would be an insult to this Bollywood flick. The entire art in making this movie cant be summarized by the use of few words, but still I would give it a try.

The movie was much ahead of its time. The movie could not get immediate success but later went on to become a cult movie of its own genre. Genre of this movie still remains a mystery, just like its script. The dialogs are so mesmerizing that no one can even dare copy it. The stunts performed in this movie should not be performed by the professionals even under strict supervision. Even the acting by the artists had left a scar on the life of many viewers. Those who have watched it, are left clueless about the world in which they live.

Mithunda has pulled out a stellar performance, and Kanti Shah is no less than a genius. Everything was so perfect and well-crafted that it will leave you thinking, as to how so many creative minds can together bring out such a masterpiece. Bashir Babar, the writer should receive Nobel Prize for Literature.

This Movie will always be recognized among the most remembered classics of all time, and Kanti Shah will stand tall among the giants of film-makers.

My husband is an IIT-ian from UP and I am pretty. We have been married despite my candid confession about not being straight. Our 4-day old marriage hit a low when he proposed sex. I protested and said I have given you 2 free healthy children, life-time subscription to Kingfisher calenders and a freeway pass to hitchhike every year on Diwali and Holi, what more do you want? He still insisted, the famous North Indian libido! He is an IIT-ian, I presumed he will be a virgin and was just curious. I hinted about my ill-will for anything straight. He suggested we watch Gunda, for mood formulation. Argh!!!! Bhaiyyaji's vocabulary. And thus we both watched. The narrative is immensely rich with subplots delving into polygamy, female infanticide, unsafe sex, political satire and brown humour. I loved the film and he loved it so much that he gave up his carnal desires. No, I am just kidding - he was as horny as any UP bwai will be in close proximity of anything fair that moves. Besides that, the film moves to another level of entertainment with rich innuendos and rhyming. The film also documents and then deconstructs the concept of 'villainy ' in Indian cinema. It's like having all the possible type of eggs on one plate. Poach, scrambled, sunny side up, sunny side quashed, bhurji, hard & soft boiled, omlette etc. I became a much better human being after watching this classic. I am now a typical feet pressing/massaging cow that TV talks about. I am discreetly involved in curing the gay in Sarai Rohilla. My husband is a now a very satisfied man. He is still an IIT-ian though. I am no more pretty. We have un-installed the 2 healthy kids, life-time subscription to Kingfisher calender stays and that free way pass is not free anymore.

"There are two kinds of people in the world. Those who have seen "Gunda". And those who shall see it." ——Roger Abhert/Arnab Ray

Not very often in these times does one get a chance to be part of history of any kind, let alone the most outrageous one. I am proud to have been there, just about a decade back.

The Perpendicular was a term coined to honor films that dared to avoid both the commercial bandwagon and the pretensions of art. It is a seriously difficult line to tread, for as the name suggests it is movement along a different plane altogether, maybe the z-axis. Right through the history of cinema, there have been concerted efforts to make films which not so concertedly want to fall in this bracket. Perhaps the earliest example could be those of Ed Wood in the US and Joginder in India. It is difficult to class Glen or Glenda, just as it is impossible to straight-jacket Rangakhush. I am not even qualified to comment on these gems of the bygone era. As the master of madness, Klaus Kinski once said, "They were not just very good or excellent, they were magnificent, epochal."

Time doesn't stop for anyone. But it is advisable for Time that it stop for a moment, at least at certain times, and savor the greatness of the Perpendicular. I think this happened only once in the 90s, when Time stood still, outside the Nataraj theater in a nondescript corner of the Mumbai-Agra highway town, Dhule. Dhule or Dhulia is a buzzing place because of the many colleges there and also because it housed, at least till 2000, 7 cinema theaters inside a very small radius. On that blessed day in 1998, Nataraj was not lit by serial lights, there weren't long queues for tickets, certainly no black-marketeers and I don't remember seeing more than 20 people in the hall. Just the kind of lull before the Perpendicular storm. If movie posters say all about a film, this one was holding on to a great secret.

Till the movie began, people were smoking, joking, drinking, chewing, blowing their nose, doing push-ups, reciting politically-charged non- rhyming poetry or like us, were catching up on some pre-movie sleep. However, a strange sensation affected us suddenly. There were no curtains in the movie theater (not that I can remember at least), but we were woken up by a tingling feeling as if a joyous spirit had escaped captivity and was calling us to a fairy land. The screen lit up with a magnificently dull font which modestly informed us that we were to watch, "Kanti Shah's Gunda".

Review stars cannot tell you the magic of this film. It has to be associated with a deeper, maybe banal, yet a lot more metaphysical meaning. Have you felt the joy on a giant-wheel when it circles down from a great high? Have you run into a mango grove in your summer holidays and stolen ripe mangoes? Have you smelt the fresh smell of the mud on the first rainy day of the season? Have you held your bladder fast for the entire day and let go triumphantly on your neighbor's compound wall? Then, dear reader, only then can you understand this bliss.

In a film with many characters, it often becomes impossible to sketch each one with conviction. The length of the film is of course important. In Gunda, the problem is handled by an effective use of post-modernist poetry. The Pote character is between a evil boss and a henchman. How do you sketch this character? He isn't the most important villain, but nor is he a two-cent conman. This dilemma has to be resolved only by deliberating on the character for too long OR like Kanti Shah does here, sort it out with a single line of genius. "Naam hai mera Pote, jo kisi ke baap ke bhi nahi hote." It is a seminal line in cinema history. At once, the peripheral Pote reveals how independent he is of the sickening hierarchy of rowdy-ism in Indian cinema. At once the character has depth and reason to share space with the monumental Mukesh Rishi's Bulla.

Imagination is a key in Kanti Shah films. It is especially true of Gunda. The audience is transported to a different world. For the money you pay to these films, it must be the cheapest space travel currently available. Violence is a dormant urge in all polite people and second nature in the impolite ones. It is an obvious urge, like death and destruction are obvious possibilities. That is what Kanti Shah's Gunda says even without wanting to sound preachy. Chutiya (Shakti Kapoor with a ponytail) is a personification of the existential dichotomy of the human being. He has decided though that he wants to be a man, but it is a decision taken from observation, more than intelligence. Maybe, he is "almost" a metaphor for Perpendicular cinema. But unlike him who has decided he wants to choose one rather than swim away from two ideologies, the Perpendicular is happily in uninhibited land. That Gunda has been a significant milestone in ushering this new phenomenon is a true evidence of the film's longevity and vitality.

Gunda encompasses a very large story. From Mafia rivalry for ascendancy to rise of a devil (Gunda) from a honest coolie. Director also shows current social and moral problems of India; like domination of Mafia group, Demoralized politicians, Corrupted Police administration and interlinking among them.

In the movie, Bulla ends his rival mafia Lamboo and Lamboo's gang, and becomes a powerful mafia of the area. He works ceaselessly until he decides to occupy the town Shankar (Mithun) lives in. Shankar - a coolie by job - protests it and Lamboo decides to teach him a lesson. Lamboo's brother, Chutiya rapes Shankar's sister. Shankar's father fights for justice and gets killed by a venal police officer also a supporter of Lamboo. At this instant Shankar decides to take his revenge without help of justice. Shankar finally kills all of his rivals one by one and story ends.

This is a fast pace movie with loads of hilarious dialogs. It is a must-see movie for all Hindi movie viewers. Mithun is at his top in this movie and all other actors worked excellent.

Movie has occasional songs which is demand of the situation. A very beautiful and Must-Have in one's video library movie.

WoW! The most amazing movie that has ever been made. After sholay, only one movie has managed to create such a huge impact. And no points for guessing which movie- GUNDA!!! In no other movie will you see a coolie in an airport or the dock. The final fight is an amazing sequence, one that will put james bond to shame. Mithunda, a coolie arrives in a maruti esteem, while bullaaa comes with 1000s of auto rickshaws. A truly memorable sequence. Shankar (Mithunda) fires rockets from a magical rocket launcher which fires one rocket- but results in 10-20 random blasts.

I don't think ordinary mortals are capable of creating this movie. There has to be some divine intervention to create a movie of such huge proportions.

All in all!!! great stuff!!! JAY GUNDA