Summary
Gangstars is a 2018 Indian Telugu-language crime drama television series by Amazon Prime Video,[2] produced by Swapna C Dutt, Chakravathi Gutta, Sanjay Reddy, Anil Pallala under the Early Monsoon Tales and Silly Monks Entertainments banner and directed by Ajay Bhuyan. The series was created by B. V. Nandini Reddy.[3] The series stars Jagapathi Babu, Navdeep, Shweta Basu Prasad, Siddu Jonnalagadda, Apoorva Arora[4] and music is composed by Sai Karthik.
| Gangstars | |
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 Teaser poster | |
| Genre | Crime drama |
| Created by | B. V. Nandini Reddy |
| Written by | Lakshmi Bhupala (dialogues) |
| Directed by | Ajay Bhuyan |
| Starring | |
| Composer | Sai Kartheek |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Telugu |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 12 |
| Production | |
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| Cinematography | Rakesh Erukulla |
| Editor | Kishore Maddali |
| Running time | 21–25 minutes |
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| Original release | |
| Network | Amazon Video |
| Release | 1 June 2018[1] |
It is the first ever Amazon Prime Video original series in Telugu, and has 12 episodes with dubbed versions in Tamil and Hindi.[5][6][7]
Plot edit
The series is set in the backdrop of the film industry and involves two movie stars, two ex-lovers, and one gangster. How one incident sets up a chain of events in motion and interconnects the lives of all these characters, interspersed with a murder is the intriguing crux of the narrative.[8]
Cast edit
Main edit
- Jagapathi Babu as Kumar Das "K.D." , a gangster who has been informed that he has cancer and is going to die
- Navdeep as Vishwa, an arrogant and controversial film hero.
- Shweta Basu Prasad as Aishwarya, a haughty film actress
- Siddu Jonnalagadda as Ajay, who tries to become a film director. He is the manager of Aishwarya.
- Apoorva Arora as Keerthi, who tries to become a film producer, manager of Vishwa
Recurring edit
- Sivaji as C.I.Anjaneyulu, a corrupt police officer
- Posani Krishna Murali as Blockbuster Paala Subramanyam, a film producer who produces the movie for helping KD
- Thagubothu Ramesh as Rani Rajkamal, Aishwarya's make-up
- Krishna Bhagawan as P.K.R., Vishwa's father
- Rahul Ramakrishna as Red, K.D.'s brother-in-law
- RJ Hemanth as Vicky, Ajay's friend
- Radio Mirchi Kiran as Director of the film
- Ranam Venu as an ad film director
- Raja Ravindra as Ajay's father
- Dhanraj as a choreographer
- Ananth as a producer
- Rallapalli as astrologer
- Sanjay Reddy as a doctor
- Uttej as Gopal, ward boy in the hospital who has taken debt from K.D.
- Annapurna as Keerthi's grandmother
- Aishwarya as Priyamwada, Keerthi's mother
- Sri Lakshmi as Keerthi's aunt
- Hari Teja as Girija, K.D.'s wife
- Mounima as Jahnavi / Jaanu, a journalist
- Gayatri Gutta
Reception edit
Haricharan Pudupeddi of the Firstpost called the series a "wasted opportunity". He added that "Despite having so much of talent at its disposal, the show fails to rise above a very predictable story of action and comedy."[9] Hemanth Kumar CR writing for The News Minute stated that "Gangstars feels like a missed opportunity to create something unique and charming. It has its moments, when it takes a sly dig at the film industry, but when it focuses on its own story, it becomes too self-aware of what it wants to do and it never finds its groove."[10]
References edit
- ^ HaribabuBolineni (18 May 2018). "Amazon Prime's First Telugu Web Series From June 1". Chitramala.in. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
- ^ Jayakrishnan (1 June 2018). "Telugu web series, GangStars will be available from Friday". The Times of India. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
- ^ Hooli, Shekhar H (31 May 2018). "GangStars review: Jagapathi Babu-Navdeep's web-series gets superb response from audience". International Business Times. Archived from the original on 4 June 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
- ^ "Navdeep, Shweta Basu and Jagapathi Babu's to star in a new web series called 'GangStars'!". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 19 May 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
- ^ Dundoo, Sangeetha Devi (17 May 2018). "'Gangstars': Amazon Prime's first Telugu web series to star Jagapati Babu". The Hindu. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
- ^ "Amazon Prime Video launches first Telugu web series 'GangStars'". The New Indian Express. 1 June 2018. Archived from the original on 5 June 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
- ^ "Gangsters and the film world collide in Amazon Prime's first Telugu web series 'Gang Stars'". Scroll.in. 23 May 2018. Archived from the original on 5 June 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
- ^ "Riding on the digital wave". 3 June 2018.
- ^ "Gangstars review: Amazon Prime's maiden Telugu web series can be best described as a wasted opportunity". Firstpost. 5 June 2018. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
- ^ CR, Hemanth Kumar (7 June 2018). "Amazon Prime's 'Gangstars' Review: A quirky comedy which never finds its groove". The News Minute. Retrieved 19 September 2020.