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{{Infobox film
{{Infobox film
| native_name = {{film name|Hindi|गुड्डू रंगीला}}
| name = Guddu Rangeela
| name = Guddu Rangeela
| image = GRKEYART POSTER.jpg
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| producer = Sangeeta Ahir
| producer = Sangeeta Ahir
| writer = [[Subhash Kapoor]]
| writer = [[Subhash Kapoor]]
| starring  = [[Ronit Roy]] <br/>[[Arshad Warsi]]<br /> [[Amit Sadh]]<br/>[[Aditi Rao Hydari]]<ref>[http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/features/type/view/id/5982/Amit+Sadh+to+play+Haryanvi+in+Guddu+Rangeela Amit Sadh as Guddu and Arshad Warsi as Rangeela]. Bollywoodhungama.com (8 December 2018). Retrieved on 12 December 2018.</ref>
| starring  = [[Ronit Roy]] <br/>[[Arshad Warsi]]<br /> [[Amit Sadh]]<br/>[[Aditi Rao Hydari]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140518173958/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/features/type/view/id/5982/Amit+Sadh+to+play+Haryanvi+in+Guddu+Rangeela Amit Sadh as Guddu and Arshad Warsi as Rangeela]. Bollywoodhungama.com (8 December 2018). Retrieved on 12 December 2018.</ref>
| music = '''Songs:'''<br>[[Amit Trivedi]]<br>'''Background Score:'''<br>Hitesh Sonik
| music = '''Songs:'''<br>[[Amit Trivedi]]<br>'''Background Score:'''<br>Hitesh Sonik
| cinematography = Jamie Fowlds
| cinematography = Jamie Fowlds
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'''''Guddu Rangeela''''' is an Indian [[Action film|action]] [[black comedy]] film, directed by [[Subhash Kapoor]].<ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news-interviews/Subhash-Kapoors-next-is-a-dramedy-called-Guddu-Rangeela/articleshow/27726824.cms Subhash Kapoor’s next is a dramedy called 'Guddu Rangeela']. Timesofindia.indiatimes.com (22 December 2013). Retrieved on 12 December 2018.</ref><ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-reviews/Guddu-Rangeela/movie-review/47921164.cms?tabtype=spoiler Guddu Rangeela]. ''The Times of India''. Retrieved on 12 December 2018.</ref> It stars [[Arshad Warsi]], [[Amit Sadh]] and [[Ronit Roy]] in lead roles.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140303183658/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/snapshot-arshad-warsi-amit-sadh-turn-guddu-rangeela-in-subhash-kapoors-next/454392-66.html Arshad Warsi, Amit Sadh turn 'Guddu Rangeela' in Subhash Kapoor's next]. Ibnlive.in.com. Retrieved on 12 December 2018.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Subhash-Kapoors-Guddu-Rangeela-inspired-by-the-Manoj-Babli-honour-killing-case/articleshow/47800800.cms |title=Subhash Kapoor's Guddu Rangeela inspired by the Manoj-Babli honour killing case}}</ref> The film is presented by Fox Star Studios and produced by Sangeeta Ahir. Guddu Rangeela has incorporated the [[Manoj-Babli honour killing case]] in the storyline.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/guddu-rangeela-inspired-by-manoj-babli-honour-killing-case/ |title='Guddu Rangeela' inspired by Manoj-Babli honour killing case}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Guddu Rangeela' – Movie Review |url=http://www.mid-day.com/articles/guddu-rangeela---movie-review/16341174 |accessdate=3 July 2015 |issue=Mid-Day.com |publisher=[[Mid-Day]]}}</ref>
'''''Guddu Rangeela''''' is an Indian [[Action comedy|action]] [[black comedy]] [[film]], directed by [[Subhash Kapoor]].<ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news-interviews/Subhash-Kapoors-next-is-a-dramedy-called-Guddu-Rangeela/articleshow/27726824.cms Subhash Kapoor’s next is a dramedy called 'Guddu Rangeela']. Timesofindia.indiatimes.com (22 December 2013). Retrieved on 12 December 2018.</ref><ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-reviews/Guddu-Rangeela/movie-review/47921164.cms?tabtype=spoiler Guddu Rangeela]. ''The Times of India''. Retrieved on 12 December 2018.</ref> It stars [[Arshad Warsi]], [[Amit Sadh]] and [[Ronit Roy]] in the lead roles.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140303183658/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/snapshot-arshad-warsi-amit-sadh-turn-guddu-rangeela-in-subhash-kapoors-next/454392-66.html Arshad Warsi, Amit Sadh turn 'Guddu Rangeela' in Subhash Kapoor's next]. Ibnlive.in.com. Retrieved on 12 December 2018.</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Subhash-Kapoors-Guddu-Rangeela-inspired-by-the-Manoj-Babli-honour-killing-case/articleshow/47800800.cms |title=Subhash Kapoor's Guddu Rangeela inspired by the Manoj-Babli honour killing case|website=[[The Times of India]] |last1=Gupta |first1=Priya }}</ref> The film is presented by Fox Star Studios and produced by Sangeeta Ahir. Guddu Rangeela has incorporated the [[Manoj-Babli honour killing case]] in the storyline.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/guddu-rangeela-inspired-by-manoj-babli-honour-killing-case/ |title='Guddu Rangeela' inspired by Manoj-Babli honour killing case|date=26 June 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Guddu Rangeela' – Movie Review |url=http://www.mid-day.com/articles/guddu-rangeela---movie-review/16341174 |accessdate=3 July 2015 |issue=Mid-Day.com |publisher=[[Mid-Day]]}}</ref> The film received mixed reviews upon release and was a major commercial failure at the box office.<ref>https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/guddu_rangeela</ref><ref>https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=2891</ref>


==Plot==
==Plot==
Based in North India, Guddu Rangeela is a story about two cousins trying to make ends meet in the crime infested surroundings. Rangeela ([[Arshad Warsi]]) and Guddu ([[Amit Sadh]]) are orchestra singers by day and informants by night, acquiring measly pay offs from the information provided to local gangsters about the richest families in town, has fetched them an easy and safe way to subsist without getting their hands dirty in the bargain. Although cousins by blood, both are very much unlike each other. The love hate rapport of the two comes to be seen through the many dangerously funny circumstances that they are met with and their impromptu methods of saving their skin each time. Having suffered a tragic past at the hands of the gang lord turned politician Billu Pahalwan ([[Ronit Roy]]); the antagonist of the tale; both are discreetly entangled in a 10-year-old legal battle against him through Gupta, an honest advocate fighting on their behalf.
Based in North India, Guddu Rangeela is a story about two cousins trying to make ends meet in the crime infested surroundings. Rangeela ([[Arshad Warsi]]) and Guddu ([[Amit Sadh]]) are orchestra singers by day and informants by night, acquiring measly pay offs from the information provided to local gangsters about the richest families in town, which has brought them an easy and safe way to live without getting their hands dirty in the bargain. Although cousins by blood, both are very much unlike each other. The love/hate relation of the two comes to be seen through the many dangerously funny circumstances, that they are met with and their impromptu methods of saving their skin each time. Having suffered a tragic past at the hands of the gang lord turned politician Billu Pahalwan ([[Ronit Roy]]); the antagonist of the tale; both are discreetly entangled in a 10-year-old legal battle against him through Gupta, an honest advocate fighting on their behalf.


While the unorthodox and impulsive Guddu aspires to grow out of their hand to mouth way of life by executing the loot themselves, the comparatively self-righteous and mature Rangeela despises the idea of getting onto the dark side of the city's law. Like money, women too are Guddu's poison, who is time and again seen flirting and effortlessly pulling off one night stands. Rangeela on the contrary hasn't moved on from the tragedy that consumed his only love Babli ([[Shriswara]]) years back. Rangeela's prime motto has always been to overthrow his nemesis Billo, thus undoing the injustice and cruelty that transpired years back. Lucky enough, one such opportunity comes knocking. They kidnap Baby ([[Aditi Rao Hydari]]) looking to make an easy 1&nbsp;million money in the process. In the process finds himself confronting the vicious and tyrannical Billo. What follows is a chaotic tale of redemption and payback. An ambition, a plan, a kidnapping and a To-and-Fro tale of victory and defeat leading up to a dramatic climax.
While the unorthodox and impulsive Guddu aspires to grow out of their hand to mouth way of life by executing the loot themselves, the comparatively self-righteous and mature Rangeela despises the idea of getting onto the dark side of the city's law. Like money, women too are Guddu's poison, who is time and again seen flirting and effortlessly pulling off one night stands. Rangeela on the contrary hasn't moved on from the tragedy that consumed his only love Babli ([[Shriswara]]) years back. Rangeela's prime motto has always been to overthrow his nemesis Billo, thus undoing the injustice and cruelty that transpired years back. Lucky enough, one such opportunity comes knocking. They kidnap Baby ([[Aditi Rao Hydari]]) from [[Shimla]], looking to make an easy 1&nbsp;million money in the process. In the process finds himself confronting the vicious and tyrannical Billo. What follows is a chaotic tale of redemption and payback. An ambition, a plan, a kidnapping and a To-and-Fro tale of victory and defeat leading up to a dramatic climax.


==Cast==
==Cast==


* [[Arshad Warsi]] as Rangeela<ref>[http://gulfnews.com/arts-entertainment/celebrity/bollywood/arshad-warsi-begins-filming-guddu-rangeela-1.1333958 Arshad Warsi begins filming ‘Guddu Rangeela’]</ref>
* [[Arshad Warsi]] as Rangeela<ref>[http://gulfnews.com/arts-entertainment/celebrity/bollywood/arshad-warsi-begins-filming-guddu-rangeela-1.1333958 Arshad Warsi begins filming ‘Guddu Rangeela’]</ref>
* [[Amit Sadh]] as Guddu<ref>[http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/amit-sadh-to-play-a-haryanvi-character-in-guddu-rangeela-466587 Amit Sadh to play a Haryanvi character in Guddu Rangeela]. Movies.ndtv.com (3 January 2014). Retrieved on 12 December 2018.</ref>
* [[Amit Sadh]] as Guddu<ref>[http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/amit-sadh-to-play-a-haryanvi-character-in-guddu-rangeela-466587 Amit Sadh to play a Haryanvi character in Guddu Rangeela] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140309211903/http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/amit-sadh-to-play-a-haryanvi-character-in-guddu-rangeela-466587 |date=9 March 2014 }}. Movies.ndtv.com (3 January 2014). Retrieved on 12 December 2018.</ref>
* [[Ronit Roy]] as Billu Pahalwan, the main antagonist <ref>[http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/ronit-roy-to-beef-up-for-subhash-kapoor-s-guddu-rangeela-504376 Ronit Roy to beef up for Subhash Kapoor's Guddu Rangeela]. Movies.ndtv.com (4 April 2014). Retrieved on 12 December 2018.</ref>
* [[Ronit Roy]] as Billu Pahalwan, the main antagonist <ref>[http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/ronit-roy-to-beef-up-for-subhash-kapoor-s-guddu-rangeela-504376 Ronit Roy to beef up for Subhash Kapoor's Guddu Rangeela] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140611055444/http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/ronit-roy-to-beef-up-for-subhash-kapoor-s-guddu-rangeela-504376 |date=11 June 2014 }}. Movies.ndtv.com (4 April 2014). Retrieved on 12 December 2018.</ref>
* [[Aditi Rao Hydari]] as Baby
* [[Aditi Rao Hydari]] as Baby
* [[Sandeep Goyat]] as Chottey
* Sandeep Goyat as Chottey
* [[Shriswara]] as BabliJ
* [[Shriswara]] as BabliJ
* [[Dibyendu Bhattacharya]] as Bangali
* [[Dibyendu Bhattacharya]] as Bangali
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* [[Achint Kaur]] as CM
* [[Achint Kaur]] as CM
* [[Amit Sial]] as Police Inspector Ajay Singh
* [[Amit Sial]] as Police Inspector Ajay Singh
* [[Rajiv Gupta (Actor)|Rajiv Gupta]] as Inspector Gulab Singh
* Rajiv Gupta as Inspector Gulab Singh
* [[Virendra Saxena]] as lawyer
* [[Virendra Saxena]] as lawyer
* [[Naushad Abbas]] as goon
* [[Vishal O Sharma]]
* Naushad Abbas as a real goon
* [[Yashpal Sharma (actor)|Yashpal Sharma]] as Rakshak Bhai
* [[Aparshakti Khurana]] as Inspector Laathi
* [[Omi Vaidya]] as Anthony


==Reception==
==Reception==
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|total_length={{Duration|m=19|s=3}}
|total_length={{Duration|m=19|s=3}}
|title1=Mata Ka Email
|title1=Mata Ka Email
|extra1=[[Gajendra Phogat]]
|extra1= Gajender Phogat
|length1=02:25
|length1=02:25
|title2=Sooiyan
|title2=Sooiyan
|extra2=[[Arijit Singh]], [[Chinmayi|Chinmayi Sripada]]
|extra2= [[Arijit Singh]], [[Chinmayi Sripada]]
|length2=04:01
|length2=04:01
|title3=Sahebaan
|title3=Sahebaan
|extra3=Chinmayi Sripada, [[Amit Trivedi]], [[Shahid Mallya]]
|extra3= [[Chinmayi Sripada]], [[Amit Trivedi]], [[Shahid Mallya]]
|length3=03:23
|length3=03:23
|title4=Guddu Rangeela
|title4=Guddu Rangeela
| note4 = Title Track
| note4 = Title Track
|extra4=Amit Trivedi, [[Divya Kumar (singer)|Divya Kumar]]
|extra4= [[Amit Trivedi]], [[Divya Kumar (singer)|Divya Kumar]]
|length4=04:41
|length4=04:41
|title5=Guddu Rangeela
|title5=Guddu Rangeela
| note5 = Remix
| note5 = Remix
|extra5= Divya Kumar, Shahid Mallya
|extra5= [[Divya Kumar (singer)|Divya Kumar]], [[Shahid Mallya]]
|length5=04:33
|length5=04:33
}}
}}
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== External links ==
== External links ==
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Latest revision as of 11:40, 17 March 2026


Guddu Rangeela
Directed bySubhash Kapoor
Produced bySangeeta Ahir
Written bySubhash Kapoor
StarringRonit Roy
Arshad Warsi
Amit Sadh
Aditi Rao Hydari[1]
Music bySongs:
Amit Trivedi
Background Score:
Hitesh Sonik
CinematographyJamie Fowlds
Edited byArindam Ghatak
Production
company
Fox Star Studios
Release date
  • 3 July 2015 (2015-07-03)
Running time
124 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget150 million (US$2.1 million)[2]

Guddu Rangeela is an Indian action black comedy film, directed by Subhash Kapoor.[3][4] It stars Arshad Warsi, Amit Sadh and Ronit Roy in the lead roles.[5][6] The film is presented by Fox Star Studios and produced by Sangeeta Ahir. Guddu Rangeela has incorporated the Manoj-Babli honour killing case in the storyline.[7][8] The film received mixed reviews upon release and was a major commercial failure at the box office.[9][10]

Plot[edit | edit source]

Based in North India, Guddu Rangeela is a story about two cousins trying to make ends meet in the crime infested surroundings. Rangeela (Arshad Warsi) and Guddu (Amit Sadh) are orchestra singers by day and informants by night, acquiring measly pay offs from the information provided to local gangsters about the richest families in town, which has brought them an easy and safe way to live without getting their hands dirty in the bargain. Although cousins by blood, both are very much unlike each other. The love/hate relation of the two comes to be seen through the many dangerously funny circumstances, that they are met with and their impromptu methods of saving their skin each time. Having suffered a tragic past at the hands of the gang lord turned politician Billu Pahalwan (Ronit Roy); the antagonist of the tale; both are discreetly entangled in a 10-year-old legal battle against him through Gupta, an honest advocate fighting on their behalf.

While the unorthodox and impulsive Guddu aspires to grow out of their hand to mouth way of life by executing the loot themselves, the comparatively self-righteous and mature Rangeela despises the idea of getting onto the dark side of the city's law. Like money, women too are Guddu's poison, who is time and again seen flirting and effortlessly pulling off one night stands. Rangeela on the contrary hasn't moved on from the tragedy that consumed his only love Babli (Shriswara) years back. Rangeela's prime motto has always been to overthrow his nemesis Billo, thus undoing the injustice and cruelty that transpired years back. Lucky enough, one such opportunity comes knocking. They kidnap Baby (Aditi Rao Hydari) from Shimla, looking to make an easy 1 million money in the process. In the process finds himself confronting the vicious and tyrannical Billo. What follows is a chaotic tale of redemption and payback. An ambition, a plan, a kidnapping and a To-and-Fro tale of victory and defeat leading up to a dramatic climax.

Cast[edit | edit source]

Reception[edit | edit source]

The film grossed an estimated 73.6 million (US$1.0 million) after five days of its release and after that dropped heavily.[14]

Soundtrack[edit | edit source]

Guddu Rangeela
Soundtrack album by
Released19 June 2015 (2015-06-19)
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length19:03
LanguageHindi
LabelZee Music Company

The songs for Guddu Rangeela are composed by Amit Trivedi while lyrics are written by Irshad Kamil. The first single "Mata Ka Email" was released on 8 June 2015. The full audio album was released on 19 June 2015. Music rights for the film are acquired by Sony Music India & Zee Music Company.

No.TitleSingersLength
1."Mata Ka Email"Gajender Phogat02:25
2."Sooiyan"Arijit Singh, Chinmayi Sripada04:01
3."Sahebaan"Chinmayi Sripada, Amit Trivedi, Shahid Mallya03:23
4."Guddu Rangeela" (Title Track)Amit Trivedi, Divya Kumar04:41
5."Guddu Rangeela" (Remix)Divya Kumar, Shahid Mallya04:33
Total length:19:03

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Amit Sadh as Guddu and Arshad Warsi as Rangeela. Bollywoodhungama.com (8 December 2018). Retrieved on 12 December 2018.
  2. ‘Guddu Rangeela’ collects almost Rs.9 crore in first week. The Indian Express (11 July 2015). Retrieved on 12 December 2018.
  3. Subhash Kapoor’s next is a dramedy called 'Guddu Rangeela'. Timesofindia.indiatimes.com (22 December 2013). Retrieved on 12 December 2018.
  4. Guddu Rangeela. The Times of India. Retrieved on 12 December 2018.
  5. Arshad Warsi, Amit Sadh turn 'Guddu Rangeela' in Subhash Kapoor's next. Ibnlive.in.com. Retrieved on 12 December 2018.
  6. Gupta, Priya. "Subhash Kapoor's Guddu Rangeela inspired by the Manoj-Babli honour killing case". The Times of India.
  7. "'Guddu Rangeela' inspired by Manoj-Babli honour killing case". 26 June 2015.
  8. "Guddu Rangeela' – Movie Review". No. Mid-Day.com. Mid-Day. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  9. https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/guddu_rangeela
  10. https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=2891
  11. Arshad Warsi begins filming ‘Guddu Rangeela’
  12. Amit Sadh to play a Haryanvi character in Guddu Rangeela Archived 9 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Movies.ndtv.com (3 January 2014). Retrieved on 12 December 2018.
  13. Ronit Roy to beef up for Subhash Kapoor's Guddu Rangeela Archived 11 June 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Movies.ndtv.com (4 April 2014). Retrieved on 12 December 2018.
  14. Box Office Collection: 'ABCD 2', 'Guddu Rangeela' Business Slows Down After Weekend – IBTimes India. M.ibtimes.co.in (8 July 2015). Retrieved on 12 December 2018.

External links[edit | edit source]

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