The Cult Classic Of Indian Cinema - GUNDA | Candid Krishnan

Mithun Chakraborty, Mohan Joshi, Mukesh Rishi, Harish Patel and Shakti Kapoor… At one point or other, each of them have done some good real good work… something that can give any A-listers a run for their money. Gunda by showman Kanti Shah is one such proud work. A  movie that has charmed the movie buffs since the day it was screened. It became a blockbuster in Hindi belt and over the years attained a special place in heart of college going students. Cult… it is. Classic… a few decades down the line, it will be.

Gunda has a classic mix of ‘I-Stand-Against-Wrong’ and ‘I-Take-Revenge’ plot. Mithun plays the hero who fights against the villains, who are powerful and perverts. They molest his sister and after that point, the struggle of a righteous person becomes the struggle of a righteous brother. The story is obscure, stupid to the extent of being outrageous and dude… predictable is an understatement.

Every imaginable cliché right from early 50s to late 90s adore the story. Dialogues are like a never ending ballad. Each sentence rhymes to the extent where you feel like biting a pillow to stop your laughter just to avoid a stomach hemorrhage. Acting performances seemed to be heavily doped with performance enhancing drugs. They are so over the top that you might feel that Deepika and Imran gave Oscar winning performances in Break Ke Baad. From acting… coming to Action: You have seen MI, Matrix… You have seen Rajini, Chiranjeevi… Now you have seen Mithun. His one punch has the strength of 100 elephants trained on steroids. You might get the feel why they don’t have WADA for movies…

If you think you are a critic… watch TOP IMDB movies… then dude… It’s time for some reality check: It has a current IMDB rating of 7.6.

 Written By: Candy Krishnan