90s nostalgia hits hard when you watch Guns and Gulaabs. Cassette players, Landline phones, book cricket, hair styles, Mopeds and Yezdi bikes, and a Kumar Sanu track that you blink and will miss.
Raj & DK work their magic once again with an interesting plot around very capable actors. Raj Kumar Rao is in his comfort zone as Tipu, the underdog hero that he has played with perfection in previous iterations. But the real standout among the cast is Adarsh Gaurav who plays a character similar to Divyenndu as Munna Tripathi in Mirzapur (albeit toned down a notch). Gulshan Devaiah as Aaatmaram plays a character you feel he has already portrayed on screen earlier like Mard ko dard nahin Hota but keeps us captive with his 4 strike knife kills. Dulquer in his OTT debut does a good job as well. His Hindi diction as a South Indian superstar is awesome (I didn't want to touch on Mammooty's terrible Hindi from
Dhartiputra, but couldn't help myself). The rest of the cast also does a terrific job and are correctly casted. TJ Bhanu gets decent screen time. The child actors also shine led by Tanishq Chaudhary as GangaRam.
A special mention to Satish Kaushik who steals our hearts with his final performance for us lesser mortals.
Shot in scenic spots of Himachal, the imaginary town of Gulaabganj is a wild western set in the Himalayan foothills. A good mix of tense drama, humour, witty dialogues and interesting characters, Guns and Gulaabs keeps you entertained and hooked.
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