<\/a>Underworld dons and their lives have been a constant source of inspiration for film-makers, over the years. And now, a number of new films are revisiting the genre, reports Hindustan Times.
\nTo start with, Arjun Rampal will be seen as real life gangster-turned-politician Arun Gawli in a film, titled Daddy. Gawli is a politician in Mumbai, who has also been trialed for murder. Also, after depicting Manya Surve in Shootout At Wadala (2013), John Abraham is reportedly set to portray another gangster, who operated in Mumbai in the \u201980s-\u201990s, in Sanjay Gupta\u2019s next, Mumbai Saga. Similarly, Nikhil Dwivedi will be seen playing gangster Abu Salem in a biopic to be directed by Navdeep Singh.
\n\u2018When you are bestowed with the responsibility to portray such a role, you have to delve deep into it. You have to understand the person and his personality, so that you are able to do justice to the character,\u2019 says Arjun Rampal, who would like to meet Gawli \u2018very soon\u2019 to take his advice. He also plans to lose \u2018a lot of weight\u2019 for the film.
\nRumours suggest that Shah Rukh Khan will also follow the trend as it\u2019s believed that his character in Rahul Dholakia\u2019s Raees is modelled on real-life don Abdul Latif, who ruled the roost in Gujarat in the \u201980s. Although producer Ritesh Sidhwani calls Shah Rukh\u2019s character \u2018fictional\u2019, his partner Farhan Akhtar stated last year at an event, \u2018The film is based in Gujarat and his (SRK) character is based in Gujarat. He is playing a gangster in the film, which deals with crime and law.\u2019
\nThat\u2019s not all. Last year, reports suggested that Mithun Chakraborty is set to play the \u201960s don, Varadarajan Muniswami Mudaliar. \u2018This is another powerful character after Nanaji in Guru (2007),\u2019 the veteran actor was quoted as saying.
\nAlso, Meeruthiya Gangsters, written and directed by Zeishan Quadri (the writer of Gangs Of Wasseypur) is apparently based on a real-life incident.
\nTill date, Bollywood film-makers have taken inspiration from many real-life gangsters like Karim Lala, Haji Mastan, Dawood Ibrahim, Chhota Rajan, Maya Dolas and Surve, among others, for their projects. Actors, too, look forward to portraying such complex characters on screen.
\nAs Nikhil puts it, \u2018We wanted to make our film earlier, but it didn\u2019t kick off because we didn\u2019t want to start with a bad script. It will be a documentary-style biopic with a realistic take.\u2019<\/p>\n

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