Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai

The film constructs a sprawling epic by contrasting two eras of Bombay's underworld. It explores the myth-making around gangsters, relying on the clash between a romantic, code-bound don and his ruthless, ambitious successor.

What lingers after the credits is the operatic grandeur of the performances and the sense of a bygone, almost chivalrous criminal era being erased by cold modernity. The dialogue crackles with self-aware swagger, making it a quintessential Bollywood gangster saga. — MovieFinder Editorial