Gunday (2014)

Director
Ali Zafar

Main cast
Ranveer Singh; Arjun Kapoor; Priyanka Chopra; Irrfan Khan

Genres
Action, Crime, Drama

Description
Based in Calcutta during its most unsettled times in the 1970s, the film deals with the inseparable life of Bikram and Bala. The story of 2 boys, boys who became refugees. Refugees who became gun couriers. Gun Couriers who became coal bandits, coal bandits who became Calcutta's Most Loved, Most Celebrated, Most Reckless, Most Fearless, Most Powerful! A story of two happy-go-lucky renegades who came to be known as...GUNDAY!


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