Gunda is a 1998 Indian Hindi-language action film written by Bashir Babbar and directed by Kanti Shah. Starring Mithun Chakraborty, Mukesh Rishi and Shakti Kapoor, the film was produced by Anil Shah and the music was composed by Anand Raj Anand. Earlier the film was titled as Gundagiri but later it was changed. The narrative revolves around a coolie who vows to exact revenge upon a crime lord and his cronies after they kill his loved ones.

Plot

The film opens with a scene where two corrupt politicians hire two different crime lords viz. Lambu Aatta and Bulla for killing each other. Lambu Aatta kills one of the accomplices of Bulla and initiates the war, later Bulla settles the score by killing Lambu Aatta's brother. Lambu Aatta bounces back by raping and subsequently killing Bulla's sister. In this scene famous dialogue of the film is said "Lambu Ata- Arey mujhe laga Bulla ki behen koi bhangaar ki dukaan hogi, lekin maa kasam tang Raveena aankhein karishma then he rapes her. Then Bulla was informed by Ibu Hatela - Arey!! Bulla Bhai jaldi chalo waha Lambu Aata ne teri bEhan ko Lamba Kar Diya, Bulla - "kya bakta hai" Ibu Hatela - Chudail ki Kasam!. Bulla arrives at the rape scene finds his sister dead and says "Munni meri behan Munni, toh tu maar gayi Lamby Aata ne tujhe Lamba kar diya, machis ki tili ko khamba kar diya... Bulla is ultimately able to kill Lambu Aatta and win the war. Now the undisputed leader of the underworld, Bulla is hired by a corrupt politician Bachchubhai Bhigona (Deepak Shirke) to murder his rival. Bulla sends his right-hand man Kala Shetty (Rami Reddy) to do the job. Shetty successfully murders in front of several gawking policemen, but as soon as he can outrun the police he is caught and turned over to the authorities by Shankar (Mithun Chakraborty). Here we are introduced to the protagonist who works as a coolie in a shipyard, and sometimes at the airport. He lives in relative comfort with his policeman father, his sister, Geeta, and a pet monkey called Tinku. Shankar also has a girlfriend named Ganga, who wants to marry him as soon as possible, but Shankar has bigger things to worry about.