| Director | Sekhar Suri |
|---|---|
| Based on | Polladhavan (Tamil) |
| Producer | Shaina Nath Ashok Munshi |
| Story | Vetrimaaran |
| Starring | Karan Nath Nathalia Abhimanyu Singh Ganesh Venkatraman Shilpa Shirodkar Zarina Wahab Mohan Agashe |
| Music | Songs: Sohail Sen Background Score: Amar Mohile |
| Cinematography | K. K. Rao |
| Editing | Bunty Nagi |
| Studio | Dashaka Cinema Co Production |
| Distributor | UFO Moviez |
| Released | 28 February 2020 (India) |
| Runtime | 132 minutes[1] |
| Language | Hindi |
Guns of Banaras is an Indian Hindi-language action film directed by Sekhar Suri.[2] It is a remake of the 2007 Tamil film Polladhavan. The film stars Karan Nath and Nathalia in leading roles and Zarina Wahab, Vinod Khanna, Shilpa Shirodkar, Abhimanyu Singh and Tej Sapru in supporting roles.
The film was shot and completed in 2014 but delayed for unknown reasons and released six years later on 28 February 2020. [3]
The film marked the comeback of Karan Nath after 11 years and Shilpa Shirodkar after 20 years.[4] It also marked the final film appearance of Vinod Khanna who died in 2017.
Cast
- Karan Nath as Guddu
- Nathalia as Hema
- Vinod Khanna as Guddu's father
- Zarina Wahab as Guddu's mother
- Ganesh Venkatraman as Vikram Singh
- Abhimanyu Singh as Brijesh Singh
- Shilpa Shirodkar Brijesh Singh's wife
- Tanvi Rao as Guddu's sister
- Mohan Agashe as Triloki
- Tej Sapru as Hema's father
- Gireesh Sahdev as STF officer
- Salim Baig as Tiwari
- Ashok Pathak as Suleman
Soundtrack
| Artist | Sohail Sen |
|---|---|
| Released | 24 February 2020 |
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
| Language | Hindi |
| Length | 16:30 |
| Label | Zee Music Company |
Its songs are written by Sameer Anjaan and composed by Sohail Sen.
Reception
The Times of India gave the film two out of five stars and wrote that "What Guns of Banaras primarily lacks is a convincing motive for the protagonist to sail through. So, save yourself from this unpleasant ride."[1]
References
- ^ "Guns of Banaras". The Times of India. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
- ^ "Producer of Vinod Khanna's last film Guns Of Banaras talks about fond memories while shooting the film". DNA India. 27 April 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ^ "Shilpa Shirodkar makes a comeback after 20 years in Guns of Banaras". Archived 12 May 2023 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ Jha, Subhash K (28 February 2020). "Shilpa Shirodkar makes a comeback". Rediff. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
External links
- Guns of Banaras at IMDb