Weapons & Gulaabs, the brand new retro-style crime drama from Raj & DK, is dropping at the moment on Netflix. Serving as an ode to Bollywood within the mid-90s, the black comedy collection blends romance and pulp comedy right into a high quality paste, the place a wrench turning into an instrument of loss of life units off a sequence response of untamed occasions within the unpredictable city of Gulaabganj. Marking the duo’s first Netflix venture, it is value mentioning that Weapons & Gulaab’s spent an egregiously very long time in manufacturing — having dropped a teaser in September, solely to go radio silent till earlier this month. It may be assumed that the creators had been busy with Amazon Prime Video’s Farzi, however this present wasn’t talked about in Netflix’s launch 2023 launch slate both, casting doubt amongst followers.
“This time we went again to our favorite territory… embracing the storytelling type of our earlier movies (99, Shor In The Metropolis). And someplace alongside this course of, we discovered ourselves making a style mash in a pulpy, retro type,” Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK mentioned in a ready assertion. The pair describe Weapons & Gulaabs as a ‘quirky story,’ one which’s crammed to the brim with nostalgic music and references, conveyed by means of its ensemble solid of misfits who attempt to make a reputation in a cartel-run city rampant with gang riots. First up, we have Rajkummar Rao (Monica, O My Darling) as Paana Tipu, a lovesick mechanic, who will get roped into a lifetime of crime when he lets his internal demon out — killing intruders by stabbing a wrench down their throats.
The present reunites Rao together with his The White Tiger co-star Adarsh Gourav, who performs Chhota Ganchi, the reluctant inheritor to a drug empire, hell-bent on making his father proud. And since no crime drama is full with out a cop, we have Dulquer Salmaan (Sita Ramam) entering into the boots of Officer Arjun Varma. Bored by his mundane way of life, the trustworthy cop turns to a lifetime of chaos, seeking to make a fast buck and even higher — earn a promotion. The best method to obtain that’s by toppling the drug kingpin, and so he groups up with Chhota Ganchi to make a 5 p.c bonus from an unorganised heist the latter has deliberate. Amidst all this, an excessively goofy gangster named ‘4 Minimize Aatmaram’ (Gulshan Devaiah) is operating unfastened within the city, identified for killing — or somewhat, cleaning — souls, with merely 4 stabs of a switchblade.
Mimicking motorbike chase sequences from previous Bollywood and over-exaggerated motion, Weapons & Gulaabs additionally unfolds a revenge story, heartbreak, and a style of candy innocence by means of the eyes of three schoolmates. The collection additionally stars the late Satish Kaushik (Mr. India) because the drug lord father Ganchi, frequent Raj & DK collaborator Ashmith Kunder (The Household Man), and Pooja Gor (The Verdict – State vs Nanavati).
Weapons & Gulaabs is out at the moment on Netflix.
