5 Bollywood Films Based on Dawood Ibrahim

Updated on: 18 December, 2023 12:00 PM IST |Shreyas Pande

The underworld has influenced stories of Bollywood in many ways. Right from the early 2000s, when the underworld was on the rise in Mumbai, filmmakers started to explore their stories in movies. Most of these were in many ways connectd to the dreaded gangster Dawood Ibrahim. Here are 5 Bollywood films based on Dawood Ibrahim.

Company starred Ajay Devgan playing the role of Dawood

1) Company (2002)

Directed by Ram Gopal Varma, Company was based on the eventual fallout between Dawood Ibrahim and Chhota Rajan, played by Ajay Devgn and Vivek Oberoi.

Black Friday is an in-depth exploaration of 1993 Bombay Bomb Blasts.

2) Black Friday (2004)

Made with a stunning rigor by Anurag Kashyap, based on the Bombay Bomb Blasts of 1993, Black Friday featured hideous and brief visuals of Dawood Ibrahim as he is accused to be the mastermind behind the blasts.

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Shootout at Lokhandwala was based on Maya Dolas, who was a close aide of Dawood Ibrahim

3) Shootout at Lokhandwala (2007)

Having an ensemble cast of Vivek Oberoi, Sanjay Dutt and Amitabh Bachchan, Shootout At Lokhandwala was based on the life of Maya Dolas, who was a close-aide of Dawood Ibrahim at one time.

Once Upon A Time in Mumbai is directed by Milan Luthria

4) Once Upon A Time in Mumbaai (2010)

This film was loosely based on the rise of Dawood in the city to become a dreaded gangster. Emraan Hashmi played the role of the gangster in the film while Ajay Devgan essayed the role of Haji Mastan.

D-Day was directed by Nikhil Advani and starred Arjun Rampal, Rishi Kapoor and Irrfan Khan in lead roles.

5) D-Day (2013)

A completely novel and fictionalised take on the underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, D-Day is an action-thriller. Rishi Kapoor plays the role of a character inspired from Dawood Ibrahim.

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