2009 · drama · political
Gulaal
Directed by Anurag Kashyap2h 27m2009
A law student witnesses the struggles of the Rajputs, deception, homicide and crime after being elected as General Secretary of his college.
Our read: Gulaal (2009) reads as a sombre, kinetic, inventive drama · political entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, kinetic, extreme drama / political, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- brisk
- intense
- bleak
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“You want Kashyap's cynical Rajasthan power play with folk-music fury.”
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