Gumnaami: Bollywood Director Madhur Bhandarkar Looking Forward To Watch Srijit Mukherji’s Controversial Film, Congratulates Whole Team

The film is based on Gumnaami baba who was assumed to be the legendary freedom fighter Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. The teaser opens with a voiceover claiming that Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose died in an airplane crash in 1945. The film will release on October 2

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Gumnaami: Bollywood Director Madhur Bhandarkar Looking Forward To Watch Srijit Mukherji’s Controversial Film, Congratulates Whole Team
Ever since Srijit Mukherji’s has released the teaser of his next controversial film ‘Gumnaami’, it has created a lot of buzz. Fans including celebrities are going gaga over the much-anticipated film and eagerly waiting for the release. Though, the film has also brought controversy from some sections of the society. The film is slated to release on October 2.

In all these, Bollywood ace director Madhur Bhandarkar has praised the film teaser and poster and tweeted, “Superb Poster & Teaser. I am sure this will be @prosenjitbumba's one Remarkable Performance !! Congratulations to the Entire #Gumnaami Team Looking forward to see this one.”


The poster features Chatterjee as Bose and a crashed aircraft with smoke billowing out of it. The poster asks, "Did he die in the plane crash? Did he die in Russia? Did he die as ascetic?"

The teaser was released on August 15. The teaser opens with a voiceover claiming that Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose died in an airplane crash in 1945. However, there were many speculations that he was captured by Russia where he was tortured to death.

The teaser shows a glimpse of Mahatma Gandhi sent a telegram to Bose's family requesting them to stop Bose's funeral ceremony and instigating that maybe Bose is alive. The voiceover further explains that there are theories that Bose did return to India but started living as a monk. The combination of these two incidents inspires Mukherji's film into a present-day courtroom drama as they as try to decode the legend of Gumnami Baba.

Watch the teaser here:



The film is based on Gumnaami baba who was assumed to be the legendary freedom fighter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. Baba led the life as Hindu saint in Faizabad in Uttar Pradesh in the 1970s or 80s. Netaji Bose died in a plane crash in 1945 which has been doubted by many.


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