There have been many films in Bollywood that have presented gangsters in larger than life roles. Here, we have compiled some.
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Directed by Ashim Ahluwalia, this one was a documentation about how unemployment during the '70s provoked many mill workers to turn towards crime. The tone of the film was more like a documentary.
There was a demarcation between 'baahubali' and a 'gangster' before Anurag kashyap's film. He showed how the idea of revenge in a smaller place can be as lethal and devastating as any metropolitan.
Ram Gopal Varma ensured that despite being a gangster film, it doesn't end on a happy note. However, till then it was all glorifying.
Directed by Milan Luthria, OUATIM gave sharp one liners and smart retorts to actors playing gangsters. It was more like bringing them to mainstream.
A Ram Gopal Varma film, Satya never glorified any criminal act. In fact, it looked at everything from a distance. Probably the best gangster film in Hindi till date.
Vaastav tried its best to present a lovable gangster. Despite a shocking climax, the film gave an idea that the life of a gangster can be full of luxury and power.
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