Archive · 14 Sep 2026
Ram Gopal Varma, Mohit Suri Set Mumbai Gangster Drama
Ram Gopal Varma and Mohit Suri are making a new movie together.
It will be a gangster story set in Mumbai during the 1990s.
Varma wrote the screenplay and will help produce the movie.
Suri will direct it.
The story includes the split between gangsters Dawood Ibrahim and Chhota Rajan.
It will also show the involvement of Indian intelligence agencies and events after the 1993 serial blasts.
Suri has added emotional characters, music, and realistic action.
Varma believes the movie could be bigger than Dhurandhar.
He also says it could feel more emotionally grounded than Satya.
The film’s title and release date have not been announced.
Ram Gopal Varma and Mohit Suri are collaborating on an upcoming gangster film.
Varma wrote the screenplay and will co-produce the project, while Suri will direct it.
The story is set during the 1990s split between Dawood Ibrahim and Chhota Rajan in Mumbai.
The film will explore Indian intelligence agencies’ involvement and events after the 1993 serial blasts.
Varma says Suri’s version could be larger than Dhurandhar and more emotionally rooted than Satya.
- Who
- Filmmakers Ram Gopal Varma and Mohit Suri.
- What
- They are collaborating on a gangster film, with Varma writing and co-producing and Suri directing.
- When
- The collaboration was announced on Sunday, with further story details shared by Varma on Monday.
- Where
- The story is set in Mumbai’s 1990s underworld.
- Why
- The film will explore the conflict involving Dawood Ibrahim and Chhota Rajan, intelligence-agency involvement, and events following the 1993 serial blasts.
- Project status
- The collaboration has been announced, but the film’s title and release date have not been disclosed.
- Screenplay
- Written by Ram Gopal Varma.
- Director
- Mohit Suri.
- Producer
- Ram Gopal Varma will co-produce the film.
- Setting
- Mumbai’s underworld during the 1990s.
- Historical backdrop
- The split between Dawood Ibrahim and Chhota Rajan, followed by intelligence-agency involvement and events after the 1993 serial blasts.
- Varma’s comparison
- Varma said the film could be larger in scale than Dhurandhar and more rooted in feeling than Satya.
