Dec 14, 2023, 07:46 AM IST

8 Bollywood films that glorified gangster culture

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Ranbir Kapoor was nothing short of a unhinged gangster in Animal killing his enemies with extreme violence

The two-part crime saga Gangs of Wasseypur was centred around the coal mafia in Dhanbad

Setin the Mumbai underworld, Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai showed gangsters as do-gooders

Alia Bhatt's Gangubai Kathiawadi glorified the real-life mafia queen Gangubai Kothewali

Shah Rukh Khan's portrayal of the international criminal Don in the reboot series made the character instantly likeable

Satya depicted gangsters as humans and influenced every other gangster film made in the 21st century in India

Shah Rukh Khan even romanticised a gangster in Raees, said to be based on the lif of don Abdul Latif

Sanjay Dutt's Vaastav showed how an innocent man becomes a dreaded gangster for suvrvival

These films have glamourised gangsters' lives, leading to audience applauding their actions

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