Ghamasaan
Indian Hindi language film by Tigmanshu Dhulia
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Ghamasaan is an Indian Hindi-language crime drama film written by Piiyush Singh and Ram Yash Singh and directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia. Based on dacoit Dadua, the film stars Pratik Gandhi, Arshad Warsi, Rajpal Yadav and Ishita Dutta in pivotal roles.
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| Directed by | Tigmanshu Dhulia |
| Screenplay by | Tigmanshu Dhulia |
| Story by | Piiyush Singh Ram Yash Singh |
| Based on | Dadua[1] |
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| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Dev Agarwal |
| Edited by | Sourabh Prabhudesai |
| Music by | Anuj Garg |
Production companies | Jio Studios Yaelstar Films Golden Ratio Films |
| Distributed by | ZEE5 |
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Running time | 150 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Ghamasaan was first premiered at MAMI Mumbai Film Festival, then at Cinevesture International Film Festival in Chandigarh, and then screened at 16th Chicago South Asian Film Festival.
The film was released on 11 September 2026 on ZEE5.
Cast
- Arshad Warsi as Maharaj
- Pratik Gandhi as Aditya Singh (IPS)
- Ishita Dutta as Aparna Singh, Aditya’s wife
- Rajpal Yadav as Kalika
- Roshan Joy Koottyani as Raghu Menon (IPS)
- Murari Kumar as Chota Patel
- Ananya Pathak as Badri
- Hemant Sharma as Lakhua
- Deepraj Rana as Harsh Verma
- Kumar Kanchan Ghosh as Manavendra
- Puneet Singh as Sahdev Singh
- Jatin Goswami as Angad
- Himangshu Dhulia as Chief minister Kripal Singh Yadav
- Karan Pandey as Narendra
- Anurag Thakur as Balram Yadav
- Akanksha Verma as Balram's wife
- Pankaj Saraswat as S K Dubey
- Mrityunjay Pandey as Rizwan
- Paritosh Sand as Madhura Prasad
Production
Development
The film was officially announced on 29 September 2022 with Pratik Gandhi and Arshad Warsi in lead roles.[2] Initially the film was titled as 'Yash'.[3][4] Warsi had to learn Bundeli language for the film.[5]
Casting
After completion of the script director Dhulia approached Shahrukh Khan for the role of the Maharaj, but Khan rejected the role saying "I don’t do realistic films."[6]
Filming
Most of the filming were shot in Dholpur, Bundelkhand and Chitrakoot, Madhya Pradesh.[7][5]
Marketing
A trailer of the film was unveiled in late August 2026.[8]
Post production
Warsi and Gandhi revealed that there could be a sequel to the film.[9]
Music
Anuj Garg composed the music for the film.[10]
Release
The film was first premiered at MAMI Mumbai Film Festival on 20 October 2024.[11][12] The film was screened at Cinevesture International Film Festival in Chandigarh on 21 and 22 March, 2025.[13][14] It also screened at 16th Chicago South Asian Film Festival.[15]
Crtical reception
Shreyas Pande of The Hindu reviewed the film and opined "Without a strong thematic core guiding the characters' actions, the old-school aesthetics cannot salvage much."[16] Shubhra Gupta for The Indian Express stated that "Dhulia’s dexterity in intertwining the politics of the land and the brutality of the landscape is something that kept me watching through the narrative, which sometimes becomes a bit uneven."[17]
Sreeparna Sengupta for The Times of India rated the film 2.5/5 stars and writes "On the whole, 'Ghamasaan' is not among director Tigmanshu Dhulia's best works."[18] Rishabh Suri of Hindustan Times praised the cast performance and wrote that the film "benefits from Tigmanshu’s familiarity with the world it inhabits, even if it doesn’t always find anything particularly new to say about it."[19]
Madhumanti Pait Chowdhury for NDTV reviewd the film and wrote "But the script lacks the punch and compactness that can actually uplift the film to the next level."[20] Vineeta Kumar of India Today stated "The brokenness is visible almost from the beginning."[21] Deepa Gahlot for Rediff.com rated the film 3/5 stars and opined "So many films about gangsters portray them in a heroic light, and make the cops look like villains, but Dhulia does not fall into that trap.[22]
Pranati A S for Deccan Herald felt that the "By reducing a morally grey figure into a black-and-white villain, the film strips away the systemic failures that create dacoits in the first place."[23] Kashvi Raj Singh for News18 stated "The film even builds to a promising confrontation, but just as the conflict gets dangerously delicious, the film climaxes too soon."[24]
Nandini Ramnath of Scroll.in stated "The movie is fleet and fluid."[25] Rahul Desai for The Hollywood reporter India opined "The story is often too busy to pause, because it knows so much, gets so comfortable, and strives to go places where others cannot."[26]
Ria Sharma for The Free Press Journal wrote "Ghamasaan could have been sharper and more unpredictable, particularly in its second half. But the film gets several important things right."[27] Nikita Toppo of Wion opined "There are some gripping sequences, but the overall experience remains familiar."[28]
Bollywood Hungama reviewer rated the film 3/5 stars. [10]
