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Long before films were dissected on social media, one Mithun Chakraborty movie created a firestorm that got it yanked from theaters in just two days. That film was the 1998 action flick, "Gunda."[1] While it has since gained a cult following for its over-the-top style, its initial release was a completely different story.
The problem wasn't the plot or the action sequences; it was the dialogues. The lines in "Gunda" were so loaded with double meanings and raw language that they sparked immediate controversy. The final straw came when a group of college girls lodged a formal complaint, calling out the film for its offensive and obscene content.
This wasn't just a case of a few people being upset. The complaint led to official action, and the movie was abruptly pulled from cinema halls across the country. The filmmakers had reportedly been asked by the censor board to make changes even before its release due to the explicit language.However, the version that initially screened was allegedly the unedited one, leading to the swift backlash.
Years later, "Gunda" has found a second life online. It's often celebrated for being "so bad it's good," with its bizarre and rhyming dialogues becoming the stuff of internet memes. Many of the film's actors, including Mukesh Rishi who played the villain Bulla, have expressed regret or embarrassment over their lines. Even Mithun's own son, Namashi Chakraborty, has said he wishes his father hadn't done the film, feeling it unfairly stereotyped the veteran actor's image.
"Gunda" remains a curious chapter in Bollywood history—a film whose audacious dialogues were too much for its time, leading to its rapid removal from the big screen, only for it to become a cult classic decades later.
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