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Starring: Jimmy
Shergill, Mahie Gill & Randeep Hooda
Director: Tigmanshu Dhulia
Saheb Biwi aur Gangster is
an altered version of the Guru Dutt’s classic Sahib Bibi
aur Ghulam (1962) which was produced by him and directed
by Abrar Alvi. The adapted version too has streaks of
brilliance.
Based in a small town in the Northern part of India,
Sahib Biwi aur Gangster is a story packed with intrigue
betrayal and ambition between a beautiful Begum, her
Nawab husband and an ambitious young boy.
The Nawab (Jimmy Shergill) and his Begum (Mahie Gill),
live in their ancestral royal house trying to maintain
the status and structure their ancestors had left
behind. But due to the changing time, some extreme
financial conditions and the long gone habit of a royal
having a mistress, the Nawab tries real hard to maintain
his status and financial conditions.
His rival political party,
belonging to Gainda Singh is on a constant mission to
eliminate the Nawab and his allies, to get a hold of the
administration, which has been with this royal family
for decades. Eventually leaving him with just one
Kanahiya who is Saheb’s most trusted and dangerous
servant.
Begum suffering from the lack of her husbands attention
and slightly hysterical due to the same gets into a sort
of sexual relationship with this young driver who seems
to be giving more of his time to her.
In this process, Babblo falls deeply in love with the
Begum and lands up confessing of his connections and
intentions in front of the Nawab. This is exactly the
point where the entire drama between the Sahib, his Biwi
and Babloo the gangster begins.
The story is filled with twists and turns as Biwi uses
Babblo to get the mistress killed to gain back the lost
attention from her husband. Babloo manages to fulfill
her demand but in turn gets ambitious and wants the
begum for himself and the power which Saheb now holds
after he eliminates Gainda Singh.
Cast:
Jimmy Shergill as Sahib
Mahie Gill as Biwï
Randeep Hooda as Gangster
Vipin Sharma as Gainda Singh
Deepal Shah as Bijli
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Due to the Nawab’s interest in his beautiful mistress,
Begum suffers seriously from the lack of his attention and
tries to put every bit of her effort into getting him to
come back to her or even spend a moment of his time with
her. The Nawab starts taking contract killing assignments
to be able to cope up with his lifestyle and to be able to
get a stronger hold over his political situation while
campaigning for the elections, which becomes a difficult
battle considering the loss of his allies and
deteriorating financial situation.
The drama in the plot walks in when the same rival gang
plant Babblo (Randeep Hooda), to get information and plot
the Nawab’s killing, as the temporary driver for Begum as
her age-old driver meets with an accident, which was also
conspired by the same group.
Biwi is worried since she
knows that Babloo wants to eliminate Saheb, how this
brutal triangle gets deciphered forms the climax of this
story.
Superb performances from the trio - Jimmy Shergill, Mahie
Gill and Randeep Hooda make this thriller drama an
exciting watch. Jimmy specifically is magnificently
restrained.
Director Tigmanshu Dhulia has a sharp eye for detail and
meticulously crafted this drama into a fascinating
thriller.
- Aniz Filmvala
Credits & Crew:
Directed By Tigmanshu Dhulia
Written By Rahul Srivastava
Produced By Atul Agnihotri
Cameraman/DOP: Aseem Mishra
Co-writers: Tigmanshu Dhulia, Sanjay Chouhan
Editor: Rahul Srivastava
Sound Designer: Rakesh Ranjan
Music Director: Abhishek Ray |
