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Laal Rang (transl. Red colour) is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language black comedy crime drama film directed by Syed Ahmad Afzal and produced by Nitika Thakur and Krian Media. Randeep Hooda, Akshay Oberoi and Piaa Bajpai star in the lead roles. Set in Haryana, the film depicts the theft of blood from blood banks and how the lives of two friends involved in the trade get affected. The film was released on 22 April 2016. It received mixed reviews, with praise for the story, performances and production values but criticism towards the slow screenplay.
Plot
Rajesh, a youngster, is in love with fellow student Poonam. Rajesh meets Shankar, the owner of an illegal blood bank. Shankar has recently had his heart broken by a Punjabi girl called Rashi, whom he still misses. Though initially, Rajesh is not aware of Shankar's illegal trades, he likes it the instant he learns about it and becomes involved in earning quick money to impress Poonam. Slowly, as the business kicks off, Rajesh starts showing off his money to Poonam. The cops, who have a hint of this business, are also closing in on the illegal activity. Shankar confesses his crime and is arrested, saving Rajesh and Poonam's relationship. Five years later, Shankar is released from prison, and he reunites with Rajesh and Poonam. The couple has a son that they have named after Shankar.
Cast
Randeep Hooda as Shankar Singh Malik
Akshay Oberoi as Rajesh Dhiman
Rajniesh Duggall as SP Gajraj Singh
Pia Bajpai as Poonam Sharma
Meenakshi Dixit as Raashi
Shreya Narayan as Neelam
Rajendra Sethi as Pushpendra
Ashutosh Kaushik as Vishnu
Priya Gupta as Sunita
Jaihind Kumar as Harnaam
Abhimanue Arun as Suraj aka Draculla
Kumar Saurabh as Shani Baba
Rehan Kidwai as Dr. Sabharwal
Sanjay Dumroo as Mithuniya
Kulvinder Baksshish as Naresh
Pall Singh as Prakash
Atul Chouthmal as Sub Inspector Swaraj
Pushkar Anand as Prahlad
Production
The film was largely filmed in and around Karnal, Haryana.
Release
= Critical reception
=Mohar Basu of The Times of India gave it 2 stars out of 5, wrote that film is half-baked and unconvincing. Despite the grit, it never becomes a riveting film. Rohit Vats of Hindustan Times gave it 3 stars out of 5, wrote that movie has a shade grey and is much more high voltage than an ordinary thriller. Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express gave it 1.5 stars out of 5, quoted that film is meant to be based on two `real life’ incidents, but it doesn't tell us which. Anna MM Vetticad of Firstpost criticized that title is hot but film is not.
Namrata Thakker of Rediff.com praised actor and criticized film by giving it 2.5 stars out of 5. Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV said that the characters aren't insignificant.
Music
The music for Laal Rang was composed by Shiraz Uppal, Vipin Patwa & Mathias Duplessy. The music rights of the film were acquired by T-Series.
= Box office
=According to Box Office India, movie collected ₹2.68 crore in its lifetime on a budget of 10 crores.
Sequel
Laal Rang 2: Khoon Chusva, a sequel to the film by director Afzal was announced in 2023.
References
Further reading
Joshi, Namrata (29 April 2016). "Laal Rang: Meet the mofussil cool". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 19 August 2021.
Gupta, Rachit (23 April 2016). "Movie Review: Laal Rang". Filmfare. Archived from the original on 4 September 2021.
Duara, Ajit (27 April 2016). "Movie Review: Laal Rang". Open. Archived from the original on 4 September 2021.
"'Laal Rang': A hard-hitting story told well (IANS Movie Review, Rating: ***1/2)". Business Standard. Indo-Asian News Service. 21 April 2016. Archived from the original on 4 September 2021.
External links
Laal Rang at IMDb
Laal Rang at Bollywood Hungama
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