''Dakuan Da Munda'' (English: The Bandits’ Son) is a 2018 Indian

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. The movie is directed by

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, Sukhdeep Sukh and Pooja Verma in lead characters along with Lucky Dhaliwal and Hardeep Gill. The film was released on 10 August 2018.

Cast

as Mintu Gurusaria alias Brinjendra Singh Sandhu * Pooja Verma as Rajji *

as Romi Gill *Lucky Dhaliwal as Junglee *Hardeep Gill as Mintu Gurusaria Father *Sukhdeep Sukh as Bhau *Anita Meet as Mintu Gurusaria Mother *Kuljinder Sidhu *Vinod kumar

Release

''Dakuan Da Munda'' was released on 10 August 2018.

Soundtrack

The music soundtrack of Dakuaan Da Munda was composed by Byg Byrd, Laddi Gill, Veer Baljit and Young Blood. They consists of six tracks.

Reception

Box office

''Dakuan Da Munda'' opened as second highest Punjabi film of 2018 after '' Carry On Jatta 2'' & sixth highest of all time. Film raked ₹2.06 Crores on its opening day from India. Film had grossed ₹64.6 lacs at Australian Box Office and ₹22.6 lacs in

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''Dakuaan Da Munda'' had grossed ₹1.63 Crores and ₹38.2 lacs in

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Critical reception

Amit Arora of ''

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'' gave the film a rating of 3 out of 5, noting, "...the movie is perhaps a tad more honest than most such movies are known to be, though just as high on romanticizing and eulogizing the main character... The film is not a social commentary on the drug menace of Punjab but more like one person's story, by which he hopes to inspire others to kick the habit." Arora praised the movie for sticking to the story's "tight curves" as well as the performances of the lead actors. However he criticized some fight scenes and the music in the film. Arora also noted, "Given that it is apparently the first Punjabi film based on an

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, it is not a bad start for the regional film industry."

Sequel

A sequel named ''

Dakuaan Da Munda 2 ''Dakuaan Da Munda 2'' (English: The Bandits’ Son 2) is a 2022 Indian Punjabi autobiographical film based on the life of a drug addict Manga Singh Antal. The film is an adaptation of a Punjabi book named Shararti Tatt, which narrates the life ...

'' was released in cinemas on 27 May 2022.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 8409498 2018 films Indian biographical films Punjabi-language Indian films 2010s biographical films Films scored by Laddi Gill Indian gangster films Films about outlaws Films set in Punjab, India Films shot in Punjab, India Biographical films about sportspeople Biographical films about gangsters Kabaddi in India Indian sports drama films Films based on autobiographies