Guns of Banaras

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Guns of Banaras
Guns of Banaras film poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Sekhar Suri
Story by Vetrimaaran
Based on Polladhavan
by Vetrimaaran
Produced byShaina Nath
Ashok Munshi
Starring Karan Nath
Nathalia Kaur
Abhimanyu Singh
Ganesh Venkatraman
Shilpa Shirodkar
Zarina Wahab
Mohan Agashe
CinematographyK. K. Rao
Edited byBunty Nagi
Music bySongs:
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]
LanguageHindi

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 Kaur in leading roles and Zarina Wahab, Vinod Khanna, Shilpa Shirodkar, Abhimanyu Singh and Tej Sapru in supporting roles.

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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

Soundtrack

Guns of Banaras
Soundtrack album by
Sohail Sen
Released24 February 2020
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length16:30
Language Hindi
Label Zee Music Company
External audio
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Its songs are written by Sameer Anjaan and composed by Sohail Sen.

Track listing
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Band Bajega"Shahid Mallaya4:50
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]

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References

  1. 1 2 "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.


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