''D Company'' is a 2021 Indian Hindi language
docudrama
Docudrama (or documentary drama) is a genre of television and film, which features dramatized re-enactments of actual events. It is described as a hybrid of documentary and drama and "a fact-based representation of real event".
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film, written and directed by
Ram Gopal Varma. Produced by Sagar Machanuru of Spark Production. The film was theatrically released on March 21, 2021 as a prelude to Ram Gopal Varma's D Company web series, also produced by Spark OTT.
The web series and film make up the fifth and sixth installments of the ''
Gangster'' franchise. They are unrelated to the original trilogy and ''
Satya 2
''Satya 2'' () is a 2013 Indian crime film directed by Ram Gopal Varma. Shot simultaneously in Hindi and Telugu languages, the film stars Puneet Singh Ratn (Hindi), Sharwanand (Telugu), Anaika Soti and Mahesh Thakur. The film tells the story of ...
''.
Premise
The film chronicles the events leading to
Dawood Ibrahim's rise and subsequent formation of the "D" company - an organized crime syndicate running outside India's borders.
Cast
*Ashwat Kanth as
Dawood Ibrahim
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Shaleen Malhotra
Shaleen Malhotra is an Indian VJ and television actor. He plays Spl. Agent Karan Shergill in the show of Ziddi Dil Maane Na of Sony Sab. He made his television debut with Star Plus' crime based action show '' Arjun'' as ACP Arjun Suryakant Raw ...
as
Manya Surve
Manohar Arjun Surve (8 August 1944 – 11 January 1982), popularly known as Manya Surve, was an Indian Underworld Don in Bombay. He was one of the educated gangsters who graduated from college and very well known for challenging and d ...
*Rudr Kanth as Saabir Ibrahim
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Naina Ganguly
Reception
A critic from ''
Pinkvilla
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Overview
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'' opined that "Ram Gopal Varma’s directorial is a crashing bore of a gangster flick".
References
External links
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2021 films
Indian gangster films
Indian crime thriller films
Indian sequel films
2021 crime thriller films
Indian docudrama films
Films about organised crime in India
Indian action television series
Indian crime television series
Films set in Mumbai
D-Company
Fictional portrayals of the Maharashtra Police
2020s Hindi-language films
Indian action films