Directed by:
Zoya AkhtarCinematography:
Jay OzaCast:
Ranveer Singh, Alia Bhatt, Kalki Koechlin, Siddhant Chaturvedi, Sheeba Chaddha, Vijay Raaz, Vijay Varma, Amruta Subhash, Jyoti Subhash, Vijay Maurya (more)Plots(1)
Murad is 22 and lives in Dharavi, a slum in Mumbai. His poverty-stricken Muslim family are struggling to pay for his college education so that he can later secure an office job. His father, an unskilled chauffeur, has just brought a second wife into their home, which does not exactly decrease the tensions in this five-person household. Murad seeks comfort in marijuana, in self-penned angry hip-hop, and in his secret childhood sweetheart, Safeena, a doctor’s daughter who is proud to wear her white hijab. When Murad accidentally meets a well-known rapper who encourages him to expand his hobby, a whole new world opens up for him. Together with his friends, he begins producing his own songs in which he raps about his problems, as well as those of his generation and his country. He also talks about what it means to be poor and Muslim in India and about the fact that here, even your dreams are colonised. As he dives deeper and deeper into the world of music, Murad’s life changes – and so does his relationship to his family and to Safeena. Bollywood meets hip-hop in Zoya Akhtar’s colourful but socially critical story about music and love. (Berlinale)
(more)Cast
Ranveer Singh
India
Best movies:
Dil Dhadakne Do (2015)
Bajirao Mastani (2015)
Gully Boy (2019)
Alia Bhatt
India
Best movies:
Gangubai Kathiawadi (2022)
Raazi (2018)
Udta Punjab (2016)
Kalki Koechlin
India
Best movies:
This Youth Is Crazy (2013)
You Don't Get Life a Second Time (2011)
Margarita with a Straw (2014)
Siddhant Chaturvedi
Best movies:
Gully Boy (2019)
Sheeba Chaddha
India
Best movies:
What Will People Say (2017)
There Was a Beautiful Girl (2004)
Talaash: The Answer Lies Within (2012)
Vijay Raaz
India
Best movies:
Gangubai Kathiawadi (2022)
Sanam Teri Kasam (2016)
West Is West (2010)
Vijay Varma
India
Amruta Subhash
India
Best movies:
Gully Boy (2019)
Island City (2015)
Psycho Raman (2016)
Vijay Maurya
India
Best movies:
Gully Boy (2019)
Yeh Ballet (2020)
Black Friday (2004)
Svar Kamble
Best movies:
Gully Boy (2019)
The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir (2018)
Chef (2017)
Jan Graveson
Best movies:
Gully Boy (2019)
House of Spies (2023)
A Touch of Frost (1992) (series)
Kubbra Sait
India
Best movies:
Sultan (2016)
Gully Boy (2019)
City of Life (2009)
Mohan Kapur
Best movies:
Gully Boy (2019)
Happy New Year (2014)
Shankar's I (2015)
Mallika Singh
Best movies:
Gully Boy (2019)
Tina Bhatia
Best movies:
Gully Boy (2019)
Aishwarya Desai
Best movies:
Gully Boy (2019)