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Is Gunday Worth A Watch?

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I am going to give you my honest opinion.
I might be a bit brutal, but please bear with me.
So, I went to watch Gunday with my parents.
It was my mother’s idea. My mother is big on watching Bollywood flicks, especially of the ‘masala’ kind. She’s always loved watching these kinds of movies and she’s passed down this trait to me as well.
I was kind of eager to go too, because my best friend (who shall be called Scooby in this blog) said that it was good.
“It is so good!” Scooby said earnestly. “They have acted so well!”
Since I blindly trust Scooby’s judgment, I decided to give Gunday a shot.
The story’s about two refugees/immigrants from Bangladesh who make it big in Calcutta. It’s (supposedly) set during the early ‘70s and mid ‘80s. These two friends, Bikram and Bala (Ranveer Singh and Arjun Kapoor respectively) first start smuggling coal and then they “branch out” their smuggling business to LPG, fishes (which are quite popular in West Bengal!) and timber from Burma.
These …