Guns of Banaras

Guns of Banaras
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Sekhar Suri
Story by	Vetrimaaran
Based on	Polladhavan by Vetrimaaran
Produced by	Shaina Nath Ashok Munshi
Starring	Karan Nath Nathalia Abhimanyu Singh Ganesh Venkatraman Shilpa Shirodkar Zarina Wahab Mohan Agashe
Cinematography	K. K. Rao
Edited by	Bunty Nagi
Music by	Songs: Sohail Sen Background Score: Amar Mohile
Production company	Dashaka Cinema Co Production
Distributed by	UFO Moviez
Release date	28 February 2020 (2020-02-28)(India)
Running time	132 minutes [1]
Language	Hindi

Guns of Banaras is an Indian Hindi-language action film directed by Sekhar Suri. ^[2] It is a remake of the 2007 Tamil film Polladhavan . The film stars Karan Nath and Nathalia in leading roles and Zarina Wahab, Vinod Khanna, Shilpa Shirodkar, Abhimanyu Singh and Tej Sapru in supporting roles.

The film was shot and completed in 2014 but delayed for unknown reasons and released six years later on 28 February 2020. ^[3]

The film marks the comeback of Karan Nath after 11 years and Shilpa Shirodkar after 20 years. ^[4] It also marked the final film appearance of Vinod Khanna who died in 2017.

Cast

• Karan Nath as Guddu
• Nathalia as Hema
• Ganesh Venkatraman as Vikram Singh
• Abhimanyu Singh as Brijesh Singh
• Shilpa Shirodkar Brijesh Singh's wife
• Zarina Wahab as Guddu's mother
• Vinod Khanna as Guddu's father
• Tanvi Rao as Guddu's sister
• Mohan Agashe as Triloki
• Tej Sapru as Hema's father
• Girish Sahdev as STF officer
• Salim Baig as Tiwari
• Ashok Pathak as Suleman

Soundtrack

Guns of Banaras
Soundtrack album by Sohail Sen
Released	24 February 2020
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	16:30
Language	Hindi
Label	Zee Music Company
External audio Official Audio Jukebox on YouTube

Its songs are written by Sameer Anjaan and composed by Sohail Sen.

Track listing

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Band Bajega"	Shahid Mallaya	4:50
2.	"Dheere Dheere Se"	Mohit Chauhan, Pawni Pandey	4:24
3.	"Bande Hai Shankar Ke"	Sohail Sen	2:28
4.	"Pagal Hai Mera Dil"	Sohail Sen, Palak Muchhal	4:48
Total length:			16:30

Reception

The Times of India gave the film two out of five stars and wrote that "charismatic Karan Nath then swoops in with his engaging performance, and stays true to his character throughout the film.... What Guns of Banaras primarily lacks is a convincing motive for the protagonist to sail through. So, save yourself from this unpleasant ride." ^[1]

References

1. "Guns of Banaras". The Times of India. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
2. "Producer of Vinod Khanna's last film Guns Of Banaras talks about fond memories while shooting the film". DNA India. 27 April 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
3. "Shilpa Shirodkar makes a comeback after 20 years in Guns of Banaras". Archived from the original on 12 May 2023.
4. Jha, Subhash K (28 February 2020). "Shilpa Shirodkar makes a comeback". Rediff. Retrieved 8 March 2020.

External links

• Guns of Banaras at IMDb