Gumraah (2023 film)

Gumraah
Threatical release poster
Directed byVardhan Ketkar
Written byAseem Arora
Vardhan Ketkar
Story byMagizh Thirumeni
Based onThadam (2019) by Magizh Thirumeni
Produced byBhushan Kumar
Murad Khetani
Krishan Kumar
Anjum Ketani
StarringAditya Roy Kapur
Mrunal Thakur
Ronit Roy
CinematographyVineet Malhotra
Edited bySahil Nayar
Music byScore:
Ketan Sodha
Songs:
Mithoon
Vishal Mishra
Tanishk Bagchi
Abhijit Vaghani
Production
companies
T-Series Films
Cine1 Studio
Distributed byPen Marudhar Entertainment
Release date
  • 7 April 2023 (2023-04-07)
Running time
127 minutes[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budgetest. ₹25 crore[2]
Box officeest. ₹10.68 crores[3]

Gumraah (transl. Astray) is a 2023 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film[4][5][6] directed by Vardhan Ketkar and produced by T-Series Films and Murad Khetani's Cine1 Studios. The film stars Aditya Roy Kapur in a dual role along with Mrunal Thakur and Ronit Roy. It is a remake of the 2019 Tamil film Thadam.[7] It revolves around a murder investigation which becomes complicated after the police discover two lookalike suspects.

Principal photography began in October 2021 on the occasion of Dussehra.[8] The filming was wrapped up on 16 July 2022.[9] The film was released in theatres on 7 April 2023.[10] The film received mixed reviews with praise for the action sequences,[11][12][13] but underperformed commercially, becoming a box-office bomb.[14][15]

  1. ^ "Gumraah". British Board of Film Classification. Archived from the original on 6 April 2023. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Gumraah Box Office Collection: Aditya Roy Kapur-Starrer Fails To Impress Audience, Collects This Much In 1 Week". English Jagran. 15 April 2023. Archived from the original on 16 April 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Gumraah Box Office Collection". Bollywood hungama. 7 April 2023. Archived from the original on 9 April 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  4. ^ "Aditya Roy Kapur's 'Gumraah' romantic track 'Ghar Nahi Jaana' out now". ZEE5. 19 March 2023. Retrieved 19 March 2023. Makers of the upcoming action thriller film 'Gumraah' on Sunday, unveiled the second song of the film 'Ghar Nahi Jaana'.
  5. ^ "Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan, Gumraah, Soorarai Pottru: Upcoming Hindi remakes of South hits releasing after Bholaa". MSN. The action-thriller is the official remake of the 2019 hit Tamil film Thadam, starring Arun Vijay in dual roles.
  6. ^ "Gumraah Box Office Collection: Aditya Roy Kapur And Mrunal Thakur's Film Is A No-Show On Day 3, Collects This Much". Dainik Jagran. 10 April 2023. Retrieved 10 April 2023. Aditya Roy Kapur and Mrunal Thakur's latest action-thriller film, Gumraah has failed to impress the audiences.
  7. ^ "Thadam Hindi remake is Gumraah. Aditya Roy Kapur and Mrunal Thakur's crime thriller gets a name". India Today. 10 May 2022. Archived from the original on 23 March 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  8. ^ "Aditya Roy Kapur begins filming Hindi remake of Thadam on Dussehra". India Today. 15 October 2021. Archived from the original on 19 March 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  9. ^ "Aditya Roy Kapur, Mrunal Thakur wrap up shooting for crime thriller 'Gumraah'". ANI News. 16 July 2022. Archived from the original on 22 March 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  10. ^ "Aditya Roy Kapur, Mrunal Thakur starrer Gumraah takes over the release date April 7 after Bawaal gets postponed". Bollywood Hungama. 31 January 2023. Archived from the original on 31 January 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  11. ^ "Gumraah movie review: Aditya Roy Kapur's double turn in this typical thriller is quite average". Hindustan Times. 7 April 2023. Archived from the original on 7 April 2023. Retrieved 7 April 2023. The crime thriller has some well-done action sequences and few unintentional laugh-out-loud moments with its dialogues, but overall, it feels like an overlong episode of a television show.
  12. ^ "Gumraah Review: Aditya Roy Kapur, Mrunal Thakur Starrer Has Action, Romance, Thrill, Suspense And..." ABP News. 7 April 2023. Archived from the original on 7 April 2023. Retrieved 7 April 2023. In the way, action-sequences are shot, and the revelation done, the camera work is good in the second half. In fact, there is an action-sequence in the first half which also deserves a special mention. It would bring back memories of many 90s action flicks, a meta comment on genre perhaps, that as an audience one is likely to enjoy.
  13. ^ "Gumraah". Radio Mirchi. Archived from the original on 5 June 2023. Retrieved 7 April 2023. The crime thriller also had many great action sequences but fails to make a mark when it comes to the plot [...] Watch it for the handsome Aditya, his acting skills and some great action scenes!
  14. ^ "Box Office: Gumraah Flops". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 10 April 2023. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  15. ^ "Aditya Roy Kapur's Gumraah Flops Miserably at Box Office; Ajay Devgn-starrer Bholaa Has Decent Run". CNN-News18. 11 April 2023. Archived from the original on 11 April 2023. Retrieved 11 April 2023.