D Company (2021 film)

D Company
D Company
Directed by	Ram Gopal Varma
Written by	Nitin Raikwar (Lyrics)
Screenplay by	Ram Gopal Varma; Hareesh M Kotian
Story by	Ram Gopal Varma
Produced by	Sagar Machanuru
Starring	Ashwat Kanth; Shaleen Malhotra; Rudr Kanth; Naina Ganguly; Irra Mor; Anketa Maharana; Mursaleen Qureshi; Pranay Dixit; Sandeep Bose; Abhilash Chaudhary
Cinematography	V. Malhar Bhatt Joshi
Edited by	Pratap Kumar Sanga (Bobby)
Music by	Paul Praveen
Production; company	Spark Productions
Distributed by	Spark Productions; A Company Production
Release date	21 March 2021;
Running time	90 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi

D Company is a 2021 Indian Hindi language docudrama film, written and directed by Ram Gopal Varma.^[1]^[2]^[3] Produced by Sagar Machanuru of Spark Production.^[4] The film was theatrically released on March 21, 2021 as a prelude to Ram Gopal Varma's D Company web series, also produced by Spark OTT.^{[citation needed]}

The web series and film make up the fifth and sixth installments of the Gangster franchise. They are unrelated to the original trilogy and Satya 2.

Premise

The film chronicles the events leading to Dawood Ibrahim's rise and subsequent formation of the "D" company - an organized crime syndicate running outside India's borders.

Cast

Ashwat Kanth as Dawood Ibrahim
Shaleen Malhotra as Manya Surve
Rudr Kanth as Saabir Ibrahim
Naina Ganguly
Pranay Dixit as Chota Shakeel

Reception

A critic from Pinkvilla opined that "Ram Gopal Varma’s directorial is a crashing bore of a gangster flick".^[5]

References

^ "D Company shines light on the underbelly of the '80s". 9 March 2021.
^ "Ram Gopal Varma's latest gangster movie D Company premieres on Spark OTT". Indianexpress.com. 15 May 2021. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
^ "Ram Gopal Varma's film 'D Company' release caught in controversy over unpaid dues of Rs 12 crore, FWICE urges to stop the film's release | Hindi Movie News - Times of India". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 20 March 2021. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
^ "D Company trailer: RGV brings back shootouts, bloodshed and lust". The Indian Express. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
^ "D Company Movie Review: Ram Gopal Varma's directorial is a crashing bore of a gangster flick". 15 May 2021.

External links

D Company at IMDb

[1] "D Company shines light on the underbelly of the '80s". 9 March 2021.

[2] "Ram Gopal Varma's latest gangster movie D Company premieres on Spark OTT". Indianexpress.com. 15 May 2021. Retrieved 10 October 2021.

[3] "Ram Gopal Varma's film 'D Company' release caught in controversy over unpaid dues of Rs 12 crore, FWICE urges to stop the film's release | Hindi Movie News - Times of India". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 20 March 2021. Retrieved 10 October 2021.

[4] "D Company trailer: RGV brings back shootouts, bloodshed and lust". The Indian Express. Retrieved 10 March 2021.

[5] "D Company Movie Review: Ram Gopal Varma's directorial is a crashing bore of a gangster flick". 15 May 2021.

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