‘Much larger than Dhurandhar’: Ram Gopal Varma reveals Mohit Suri's gangster drama set around Dawood-Chhota Rajan split
Here's the latest update from the Bollywood world:
Ram Gopal Varma and Mohit Suri are coming together for a movie that brings together two very different sides of Hindi cinema. Ram, who has spent decades exploring Mumbai's underworld through films such as Satya and Company, will write and co-produce Mohit's next directorial venture. The movie is expected to mix a gangster story with romance, emotion and music, giving the collaboration a rather unexpected edge. He revealed the project on social media over the weekend.
Adding to this, Ram Gopal Varma and Mohit Suri's gangster drama to explore Dawood-Chhota Rajan split and is 'much larger than Dhurandhar'. Ram Gopal Varma teases a 'love dish' with gangster curry Ram shared a selfie with Suri on X on September 13 and teased their soon-to-release collaboration in his trademark style. He wrote: "Me and #Saiyaara's @mohit11481 for his NEXT movie, are COOKING together a LOVE DISH full of GANGSTER CURRY .. Details to be SERVED VERY VERY SOON."
Meanwhile, The post offered little in terms of actual plot details but made the genre mix clear. Mohit later reshared Varma's post on Instagram, describing the project as "straight from the heart... Armed with a loaded gun!" He also called Ram the "OG gangster", a nod to the filmmaker's long association with stories set in Mumbai's underworld.
Notably, In a follow-up post on Monday, Ram opened up that the movie will be set during one of the most turbulent periods in Mumbai's underworld history. The story revolves around the split between Dawood Ibrahim and Chhota Rajan and the events that followed.
As per the latest buzz, Explaining the backdrop, Varma wrote on X: "The story is set in the times of the Dawood Ibrahim, Chota Rajan split, due to a man called Sautya and how the Indian intelligence agencies were involved in the later proceedings which further led to some key events of the aftermath of the 93 serial blasts."
In further updates, The movie will therefore move beyond a straightforward gangster story. It will also touch upon the involvement of Indian intelligence agencies and the chain of events that unfolded in the aftermath of the 1993 serial blasts, placing its fictional narrative against a significant chapter in Mumbai's criminal history.
On top of that, According to Ram, Mohit brings something very different to the material. While the subject is rooted in the world of gangsters and intelligence operations, the director's strength lies in making audiences connect with his characters and their emotions.
He wrote: “For a story with this kind of a backdrop Mohit brought in a tremendous flair of his own brand of 'from the heart characters, superlative emotional music and never before thought of ultra realistic action.”
Source: Hindustan Times