Cast: Ajay Devgan as Ram Mishra, Emraan Hashmi as Nitin Bankar, Kangana Ranaut as Anjali Kakkad

Director: Milan Luthria

Producer: Sobha Kapoor, Ekta Kapoor

Release Year: 30/07/2010

Genre: Crime

Rating : 3.5/5






The film Once upon a time in mumbaai first being set in the fast 90s and the latter being set in colourful 70s. Director Milan Luthria makes enough efforts to make the film look real and worth a watch.

Apart the film has its pluses with some excellent performances and awesome dialogues. Some of the most compelling conversations you will heard of late on screen. However the problem with film is the not so new storyline and the very slow screenplay. Though the characters are well established and well rounded the writer takes the entire first half to do that without much movement in the story. And then as you expect fireworks in the second half it fizzles out very fast.


The story of the two gangsters, While one was ethical the other was reckless. It has inspirations of the characters of infamous smuggler Haji Mastan and now infamous don Dawood Ibrahim. The film is about Sultan(Ajay Devgn) who labored through his childhood and become a smuggler as he grew up completely ruling the sea routes. He however always preferred keeping the city clean and never smuggles which was against his conscience. Shoaib(Emraan Hashmi) is inspired by Sultan's life as a child ans wants to it as big. He is a son of a police officer but has no inclination towards the law. As he grows up he makes his way to Sultan's gang and proves himself good enough to go up the ladder fast. However his reckless ambitions soon outgrew Sultan and he decided to take over the city on his own.

Everything takes us back to the 70s. Luthria handles the dramatic moments well and great use has been made of dialoguebaazi. All actors have come up with some remarkable performances. Ajay Devgn's overpowering presence is matched by Emraan's charm. Kangna Ranaut and Prachi Desai do their bits well though they don't bear many consequences on the story itself. Randeep Hooda is effective as the police office.



Verdict : Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai is best underworld