Guns & Gulaabs

I'm not a fan of Indian films or shows. They tend to be over the top bollywood style or cringey and remedial.

But this is like 'White Tiger', a more realistic feel to it.

It's corny, colourful, simple, a bit much at times and cheesy in parts. But it's also gripping, funny, detailed, well written and acted. The characters are all likeable or villainous.

The seven episodes flow easily and there's plenty of (sometimes obvious) twists. Overall it was very enjoyable. Its more of a lads style production, but fans of worldly art will like it.

Eventough it's in English, the accents can be a bit hard to understand at times.

One sentence to describe this series that it feels like you are watching something different and living those moments. That 90's era vibes and cast giving their best and living on their rules is something else. And screenplay that was marvelous. Hats off to Raj and DK for this show. It was really a treat to the eyes. Never felt boredom through a long watch. Last 30 minutes of this show was really something else. One of the best ending that this series deserved. However, sad that no more season of this epic show will happen. It ended that way. Last but not least, the casts were outstanding. Thanks Netflix for this one!

The 90s set up transports us to that era. Specially the love letter with perfume n Bryan Adam's song.

The dialogues r crude n hilarious.

"I cud crush u under the weight of my balls".

Another best part is the villain with the mullet hair who seems to be another Jason from Friday the 13th who never dies.

Rajkumar Rao as Tipu is top notch. The guy deserves big budget movies. He is a terrific actor.

His movie Shahid is in my top ten list.

The final showdown between Aatmaram n Tipu is hilarious. The show has a terrific twist n has lots of well developed characters.

The amulet seller guy shud have been given more footage.

The only thing missing was the inclusion of over the top violence which is required in such dark comedies.

A new study states that people who appreciate dark humor may have higher IQs, show lower aggression, and resist negative feelings more effectively than people who dont.

This show, when written on paper, must've been a joyride for all people involved. Every aspect of this piece was taken care of and I can say I was satisfied. Rajkumar and everyone were amazing but i truly have to give it up for DQ who just delivers constantly. Only downside is some lag scenes and some illogical scripting but it is a comedy show so it does make sense. The comedy was well delivered and the action was above par. I liked the depth they gave to some of the characters and how every side story in the show was tied up to the best of the directors ability but I felt interested in every aspect of the show and for a Netflix piece to do that to you, the director had to have grounded you in every minute and I can say I was hooked. All in all, would recommend and loved every bit of it.

Raj and DK deliver again, this time with a dark-comedy gangster drama. While the overall story isn't anything new, the way it's been written and told was very enjoyable.

Well shot, good acting, good sound design and there's enough gaali-galoch if you enjoy that. Those of you who like nostalgia, from old songs on audio cassettes to F. L. A. M. E. S., there's enough of that as well. It was good to see Satish Kaushik on the screen. The students in the show were quirky. Casting DQ and casually weaving in some Telugu in there felt refreshing, leave it to Raj and DK to begin getting inclusion right.

The story is slow and takes its own sweet time (but has the said dark comedy dispersed throughout) until it hits the fan in the 7-8 combo episode finale. That's when the stories and different plotlines come together and you're like "Ooooh, that's what's going on!" There's ONE lose end that I think they didn't tie, but other than that, this was enjoyable. I wonder if a 3-hr movie version would have been nice, but I don't know what you'd cut. It's watchable on the sides as well, in case you don't have the time.