Gangster: A Love Story

Gangster: A Love Story
Theatrical release poster
Hindiगँगस्टर अ लव स्टोरी
Directed byAnurag Basu
Screenplay byMahesh Bhatt
Anurag Basu
Story byMahesh Bhatt
Produced byMahesh Bhatt
Mukesh Bhatt
StarringKangana Ranaut
Emraan Hashmi
Shiney Ahuja
Gulshan Grover
CinematographyBobby Singh
Edited byAkiv Ali
Music by
Distributed byVishesh Films
Release date
  • 28 April 2006 (2006-04-28)
Running time
117 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹6.5 crore[1]
Box office₹17.93 crore[1]

Gangster: A Love Story is a 2006 Indian Hindi-language musical romantic thriller film directed by Anurag Basu. It stars Kangana Ranaut, Emraan Hashmi and Shiney Ahuja in lead roles. The film was produced by Mahesh Bhatt and Mukesh Bhatt of Vishesh Films. The music and the soundtrack was composed by Pritam.

Gangster was released theatrically on 28 April 2006, and proved to be a commercial success at the box office. It received positive reviews from critics, with praise for its screenplay, soundtrack, cinematography and performances of the cast, with particular praise directed towards Ranaut's debut performance.

At the 52nd Filmfare Awards, Gangster received 10 nominations, including Best Villain (Hashmi) and Best Male Playback Singer (Zubeen Garg for "Ya Ali"), and won Best Female Debut (Ranaut).

The film was remade in Kannada as Nee Illadhe (2011).

  1. ^ a b "Box Office 2006". BoxOfficeIndia. Archived from the original on 26 August 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015.