Laal Rang


Laal Rang is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language crime-action drama film directed by Syed Ahmad Afzal and produced by Nitika Thakur and Krian Media. Randeep Hooda, Akshay Oberoi and Piaa Bajpai star in the lead roles. 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 is a youngster who is in love with a fellow student Poonam. Rajesh meets Shankar who runs an illegal blood bank. Shankar also has had a heartbreak through a Punjabi girl Rashi 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. 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

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 2.5 stars out of 5. Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV said that the characters aren't insignificant.

Music

The music for Laal Rang was composed by Shiraz Uppal, Vipin Patwa & Mathias Duplessy. The music rights of the film were acquired by T-Series.

Box office

According to Box Office India, movie collected 5.6 crores in its lifetime on a budget of 10 crores.