2010 · drama · thriller · crime
Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai
Directed by Milan Luthria2h 12m2010
A tale of two gangsters from the eras of past and present, whose lives enter parallel paths as they struggle to survive within Bombay's criminal underworld.
Our read: Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai (2010) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded drama · thriller · crime entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, measured drama / thriller, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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