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It’s all about Wadala

Yes, Shootout at Wadala is in the news for a whole bunch of reasons. To begin with, filmmaker Ekta Kapoor who made the movie wants to set a new trend of Rs.200

“Today, every film does Rs.100 crore business... even a film which earns Rs.95 crore, joins the Rs.100 crore club business,” Ekta said on a visit to Noida in

“So now it’s time to create a new trend. Shootout at Wadala is unique and I hope it makes Rs.200 crore club. Is there any club of that, should we start one?” she

The crime thriller, a dramatised version of Mumbai police’s first registered shootout in which gangster Manya Surve was gunned down in 1982 at Wadala, has the filmmaker confident at its success.

“The film is based on a book (Dongri To Dubai by Hussain Zaidi), so if the book is doing great, then why should I be scared?” she said, adding that directors have to be brave enough to make such films and that she was now in a ‘brave

Directed by Sanjay Gupta, the crime thriller will release in early May and features Anil Kapoor, John Abraham, Kangna Ranaut, Tusshar Kapoor and

It is the story of gangsters like Sabir Ibrahim, Manya Surve and Dawood Ibrahim and Ekta has given the same name to the characters of the movies.

Actor Anil Kapoor is also excited about his role as a cop. Apart from performing hard-hitting action sequences, he has

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