Released last week in C.P. Berar, Tribal Warrior Productions, KSK Film Works and Dipesh Kukreja Production’s Gangs Of Raipur (A) is the story of the pharmaceutical underworld.
Hafiz (Sheel Verma) is a small-time peddler of tablets. A slum-dweller, he stumbles into the dark empire of the pharma world, ruled by Ustaad Alam (Vijay Manwani). As Hafiz rises in this sinister world, he is caught between survival and loyalty. What happens thereafter?
K. Shiv Kumar and Sajid Khan’s story and screenplay are dull. The drama offers no newness and hence the proceedings fail to engage or entertain the viewers. The duo’s dialogues are weak.
Sheel Verma is average as Hafiz. Vijay Manwani does a fair job as Ustaad Alam. Gopal K. Singh lends reasonable support as Deva. Palash Shrivastava is ordinary as Mikey. Rajeev Verma fits the bill in the role of Rajeev Bakshi. Upasna Vaishnav hardly impresses as Rukhsana. Akansha Parihar (as Taniya Siddiqui) barely passes muster. Abhishek A. Aarti is so-so as Shadhu. Adhir Bagwani provides weak support as Peter Swami. Dhruvaditya (as Rudrapratap Singh) is so-so. Pratibha Sharma (as Jiya) and Priyanka Sharma (as Riya) are average. Pushpendra Singh delivers a routine performance as Sarfaraz. Sohail Sheikh is below the mark as Jaffar.
K. Shiv Kumar’s direction is weak. N. Sai Kumar and Shakti Sak’s music is nothing to dance about. Arif Khan’s lyrics are below the mark. Vinoth Kumar’s cinematography is dull. Tanmoy Roy’s art direction hardly deserves separate mention. Mayank Raikwar does a poor job of the editing.
On the whole, Gangs Of Raipur is a dull fare.
