Gunday transl. The film features Ranveer Singh and Arjun Kapoor. Set in β Calcutta , Gunday is a story about two best friends and outlaws, who fall in love with a cabaret dancer, which causes rivalry and misunderstandings between them while a police officer tries to take advantage of this situation to eliminate them.
Zafar conceived the film, which was the last to be narrated to founding patron Yash Chopra , as an amalgam of stories he had heard from his father as a child about the effects of war -caused immigration and the Mafia Raj 's illegal marketing of coal. He wrote the film as a tale of the consequences of the struggle of two outlaws against the system, using his father's stories as a backdrop for the characters.
Principal photography began in Mumbai in December before moving to Kolkata, where extensive filming was done. The soundtrack was composed by Sohail Sen , and the lyrics were penned by Irshad Kamil , while Julius Packiam composed the background score, taking over Sen's duties from Zafar's debut, Mere Brother Ki Dulhan , eventually becoming a regular collaborator.
Gunday was released on 14 February , receiving mixed to positive reviews from critics. The story begins with the independence of Bangladesh after the war. Amongst those affected by the partition are two orphans: Bikram Bose and Bala Bhattacharya. They meet Lateef, who offers them food in exchange for smuggling guns.
One of Lateef's customers, an army officer, wants one of the boys as his sex slave ; if Lateef refuses, his daughter will be taken. Lateef chooses Bala at first, but Bikram insists that he will go instead. Bala refuses to leave his best friend and returns to save Bikram from the officer, whom they kill. This makes them partners in crime; when the army chases them, Lateef is killed while trying to protect the duo. Bikram and Bala flee to Calcutta and work at a restaurant.
