Dec 2, 2023, 12:59 PM IST

Most violent Bollywood films of all time

Abhimanyu Mathur

Bollywood has been known to play it safe with on-screen violence but time and again, Hindi cinema has pushed the envelope

The most recent example is Animal, Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s Ranbir Kapoor-starrer, being hailed as India’s most violent film ever

As Animal takes India by storm with its extreme violence, we take a look at some other violent films Bollywood has dished out

Bandit Queen: The Shekhar Kapur biopic of Phoolan Devi was infamous for its sexual violence and scenes of gangwar

Anjaam: The Madhuri Dixit-Shah Rukh Khan film uncharacteristically showed mental and physical torture of the heroine

Zinda: This Sanjay Gupta film brought the Korean cinema style of violence and gore to Hindi audiences

Rakta Charitra: Ram Gopal Varma went all out in the depiction of violence in this Hindi-Telugu bilingual gang saga

Gangs of Wasseypur: Anurag Kashyap’s cult classic crime drama is known for its over-the-top depictions of bloodhsed

Paanch: This film about real-life spree killers from Pune marked Anurag Kashyap’s debut and was never released in India due to its violent content

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