Dec 18 , 2023

Top 10 movies and series based on India's Most Wanted Dawood Ibrahim

By True Scoop

Amazon Prime Video's Bambai Meri Jaan is based on 'Dongri to Dubai' book revolving around Dawood Ibrahim.

Anurag Kashyap’s adaptation of Zaidi’s book Black Friday examines the conspiracy behind the 1993 serial blasts in Mumbai.

Ram Gopal Varma’s Company is a fictionalised account of the rivalry between Dawood Ibrahim and Chhota Rajan.

Ashim Ahluwalia’s Daddy is a biopic of Arun Gawli, Dawood Ibrahim's rival before Chhota Rajan.

The MX Player web series Ek Thi Begum (2020) also has a Maqsood, who is modelled on Dawood Ibrahim.

Milan Luthria’s Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai movie is based on an older rivalry between Haji Mastan and Dawood Ibrahim.

Starring John Abraham, Shootout At Wadala portrays the faceoff between Manya Surve and Dawood Ibrahim.

Vishram Sawant’s D (2005) was among the gangster movies produced by Ram Gopal Varma in the 1990s and 2000s.

S Hussain Zaidi’s book Dongri to Dubai details a high-level operation to assassinate Dawood Ibrahim during his daughter’s wedding in Dubai.

Apoorva Lakhia’s bizarre hagiography portrays Ibrahim’s real-life sister Haseena Parkar as a wronged woman who becomes a criminal.

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