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Critics Review
3.50
Here's a short and sweet message for lovers of masala movies
GUNDAY has a credible story to tell, is packed with unexpected twists that keep you on the edge and offers entertainment in large doses. This racy, gripping masala fare is sure to hit the pot of gold at the box-office!(more)
Source: Taran Adarsh,, Bollywood Hungama
3.50
Gunday gets hammy on multiple occasions and in over 2 and half hours of its run time, it fails to swell to the height that was expected of it.
A tryst at attempting an all encompassing commercial film which outstrips the ranks set by an array of South remakes in recent times. Commercial cinema in Bollywood has become synonymous with remakes and Gunday defies that. The contrived love triangle is unconvincing from the onstart. The film is riddled with ample typical cliches peculiar to 70s� films.(more)
Source: Mohar Basu, Koimoi
3.50
"Gunday's fun while it lasts.
Straight up, Gunday pays loving homage to Bollywood classics 'Sholay', 'Kaala Patthar' and other 'brothers-in-arms' films while offering more. Gunday is Oliver Twist, given a Bollywood twist. Orphaned Bala (Kapoor) saves waif Bikram (Singh) from a paedophile in war-torn Bangladesh. Escaping officials, the two boys reach Calcutta, hiding on a train. Facing homelessness and heartlessness, the duo decides to conquer life, selling stolen coal - till they become Calcutta's most famous gundey, controlling all its illegal trading from timber to fish. Bikram and Bala are tough, cheerful and inseparable - until they both fall for cabaret dancer Nandita (Chopra). As they bitterly fall out with each other, ACP Satyajit Sarkar (Khan) closes in for the kill. (more)
Source: Srijana Mitra Das,, Times Of India
2.00
Gunday delivers only on bits and pieces of that promise.
anveer Singh and Arjun Kapoor flaunt chiseled pectorals and sing and dance with gusto. Priyanka plays the coquette to perfection, but her character is never more than a cardboard cutout. The eye candy on liberal display in Gunday isn�t buttressed with enough narrative energy. It really is difficult to keep a two-and-a-half-hour film from losing its wheels when its engine room is bereft of the propellant of genuine inspiration. Gunday is like the dusty minefields it is set in. Its loud explosions deliver loads of coal, but no trace of any diamonds. It is certainly not the ideal date film on this Valentine�s Day weekend.(more)
Source: Saibal Chatterjee, NDTV Movies