Bollywood's Dark Side: Films Inspired by Real-Life Gangsters and Underworld Figures

• "O' Romeo" stars Shahid Kapoor as Hussain Ustara, challenging Dawood Ibrahim's network, based on Hussain Zaidi's "Mafia Queens of Mumbai."
• "Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai" explores 1970s Mumbai underworld, inspired by Haji Mastan and Dawood Ibrahim.
• "Gangs of Wasseypur" depicts decades-long gang conflicts and mafia wars in Jharkhand's coal towns.
• "Rakta Charitra" is based on Andhra Pradesh gangster-politician Paritala Ravindra's life and violent factional clashes.
• "Gangubai Kathiawadi" and "Haseena Parkar" portray powerful women in the Mumbai underworld, while "Black Friday" covers the 1993 Bombay bombings.