Laal Rang

Laal Rang
Directed by	Syed Ahmad Afzal
Written by	Syed Ahmad Afzal Pankaj Matta
Screenplay by	Syed Ahmad Afzal Pankaj Matta
Produced by	Nitika Thakur, Krian Pictures
Starring	Randeep Hooda Piaa Bajpai Akshay Oberoi Rajneesh Duggal Jaihind Kumar Meenakshi Dixit
Cinematography	Dhirendra Shukla
Edited by	Shounok Ghosh
Music by	Shiraz Uppal Vipin Patwa Mathias Duplessy
Production company	Krian Media
Distributed by	Krian Media
Release date	22 April 2016 (2016-04-22)
Running time	2 hours 30 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹ 10 crore
Box office	est.₹ 1.204 crore

Laal Rang ([Red Color] Error: {{Lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help)) is an Indian action-crime drama film directed by Syed Ahmed Afzal and produced by Nitika Thakur. Randeep Hooda, Akshay Oberoi, and Piaa Bajpai star in the lead roles in the film. The film is set in Haryana and revolves around the crimes in blood banks and how the people involved in it get affected. The film released on 22 April 2016.

Plot

Rajesh (Akshay Oberoi) is a youngster who is in love with a fellow student Poonam(Piaa Bajpai). Rajesh meets Shankar(Randeep Hooda) who runs an illegal blood bank. Shankar also has had a heartbreak through a Punjabi girl (Meenakshi Dixit) whom he still misses. Though initially, Rajesh is not aware of Shankar's illegal trades, he likes it the instant he comes to know about it and gets involved in earning quick money to impress Poonam. Slowly as the business kicks off, Rajesh starts showing off his money to Poonam. The cops who have got the hint of this business are also closing in on the illegal activity led by the Superintendent of police (Rajniesh Duggall). In the end, Shankar declares his crime to the police and gets arrested, saving Rajesh and Poonam's relation.Five years later, Shankar is finally released from the prison and he reunites with Rajesh and Poonam. The couple had a son who was named Shankar.

Cast

• Randeep Hooda as Shankar
• Akshay Oberoi as Rajesh Dhiman
• Piaa Bajpai as Poonam Sharma
• Jaihind Kumar as Harnaam
• Rajniesh Duggall as IPS Officer
• Ashutosh Kaushik
• Meenakshi Dixit as Rashi
• Shreya Narayan as Neelam
• Rajendra Sethi as Pushpender
• Pushkar Anand
• Kumar Saurabh as shani baba
• Atul Chouthmal
• Sumit Goel

Release

Critical reception

Mohar Basu of The Times of India gave it 2 stars out of 5, wrote that film is half-baked and unconvincing. Despite the grit, it never becomes a riveting film. Rohit Vats of Hindustan Times gave it 3 stars out of 5, wrote that movie has a shade grey and is much more high voltage than an ordinary thriller. Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express gave it 1.5 stars out of 5, quoted that film is meant to be based on two `real life’ incidents, but it doesn’t tell us which. Anna MM Vetticad of Firstpost criticized that title is hot but film is not.

Namrata Thakker of Rediff.com praised actor and criticized film by giving it 3.5 stars out of 5. Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV said that the characters aren't insignificant.

Box office

According to Box Office India, movie collected 1.92 crores in its lifetime on a budget of 10 crores.

External links

• Laal Rang at IMDb
• Laal Rang at Bollywood Hungama