Gully Boy
Gully Boy is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language musical drama film directed by Zoya Akhtar, and written by Akhtar and Reema Kagti. The film was produced by Ritesh Sidhwani, Akhtar and Farhan Akhtar under the banners of Tiger Baby Films and Excel Entertainment productions, with American rapper Nas as an executive producer. It stars Ranveer Singh in the title role alongside Alia Bhatt, Kalki Koechlin, Siddhant Chaturvedi, Vijay Varma, Amruta Subhash and Vijay Raaz in supporting roles. Inspired by the lives of Indian street rappers DIVINE and Naezy, the film is a coming-of-age story about aspiring street rapper Murad Ahmed (Singh), from the Dharavi slums of Mumbai.
Plot
Murad Ahmed, a final year college student, lives in the Dharavi slums of Mumbai. His abusive father, Aftab Shakir Ahmed, brings home a much younger second wife, much to the chagrin of the family. Murad nurtures a fascination for rap music. His longtime and overly possessive girlfriend Safeena Firdausi is training to be a surgeon and routinely meets him in secret.
More details
| author | Reema Kagti Zoya Akhtar |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Mumbai |
| director | Zoya Akhtar |
| editor | Nitin Baid |
| genre | crime drama romance |
| keywords | abusive father arrest berklee college berklee college of music college student dharavi injured na open rap rap battle rap music record producer second wife slum train youtube |
| musicBy | Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy |
| nomination | International Submission to the Academy Awards |
| producer | Farhan Akhtar Ritesh Sidhwani |
| productionCompany | Excel Entertainment Tiger Baby Films |
| publisher | AA Films |
| theme | biographical coming-of-age story films à clef hood musical musical drama race and ethnicity |