Top Bollywood Biopics Based on Real-Life Gangsters
WRITTEN BY Ayushee Joshi2023-04-17,05:00:25entertainment
Shootout at Lokhandwala (2007)
The film is based on the 1991 Lokhandwala Complex shootout in Mumbai between gangsters and the Mumbai Police
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Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai (2010)
The film is loosely based on the lives of Haji Mastan and Dawood Ibrahim, two of Mumbai's most notorious gangsters in the 1970s
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Black Friday (2004)
The film is based on the 1993 Bombay bombings, orchestrated by the notorious gangster Dawood Ibrahim
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D-Day (2013)
The film is loosely based on the life of Dawood Ibrahim, and follows a group of Indian agents who plan to capture him in Pakistan
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Company (2002)
The film is based on the lives of gangsters Dawood Ibrahim and Chhota Rajan, and follows the rise of a gangster named Malik as he navigates the Mumbai underworld
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Haseena Parkar (2017)
The film is based on the life of Haseena Parkar, the sister of Dawood Ibrahim, from being a simple housewife to becoming the queen of Mumbai's underworld
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Gangs of Wasseypur (2012)
The film is based on the coal mafia of Dhanbad, Jharkhand, and follows the feud between the Qureshi and Khan families
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Rakht Charitra (2010)
The film is based on the life of Paritala Ravindra, a political leader and gangster from Andhra Pradesh
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Satya (1998)
The film is based on the Mumbai underworld and follows the rise of Satya as he becomes a feared gangster
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Mumbai Saga (2021)
The film is based on the Mumbai underworld in the 1980s and 1990s and follows the rise of Amartya Rao as he becomes a feared gangster
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