# Guddu Rangeela (गुड्डू रंगीला)
**Guddu Rangeela** (गुड्डू रंगीला) is a 2015 Hindi-language comedy-drama film directed by Subhash Kapoor, starring [Arshad Warsi](https://www.edgepedia.org/arshad-warsi), Amit Sadh, Aditi Rao Hydari, and [Ronit Roy](https://www.edgepedia.org/ronit-roy). It was released on 3 July 2015 by Fox Star Studios and Mangal Murti Films, runs about 2 hours 4 minutes, and was certified U/A in India.[1](https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/guddu-rangeela/cast/) • [2](https://www.aajtak.in/entertainment/film-review/story/movie-review-guddu-rangeela-304120-2015-07-03) The story follows two small-town cousins who kidnap a young woman, only to find that she planned her own abduction as part of a revenge plan against a local strongman.[3](https://tv.apple.com/in/movie/%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%A1-%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B2/umc.cmc.5wymtu3b5jk2rhjobt0e2iq39?l=hi)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Release | 3 July 2015, Hindi language, India[1](https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/guddu-rangeela/cast/) |
| Director and writer | Subhash Kapoor[1](https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/guddu-rangeela/cast/) |
| Producer | Sangeeta Ahir; banners Fox Star Studios and Mangal Murti Films Pvt. Ltd.[1](https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/guddu-rangeela/cast/) |
| Lead cast | Arshad Warsi (Rangeela), Amit Sadh (Guddu), Aditi Rao Hydari (Baby), Ronit Roy (Billu Pahalwan)[3](https://tv.apple.com/in/movie/%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%A1-%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B2/umc.cmc.5wymtu3b5jk2rhjobt0e2iq39?l=hi) |
| Runtime and certificate | 124 minutes (2h 4m); U/A[2](https://www.aajtak.in/entertainment/film-review/story/movie-review-guddu-rangeela-304120-2015-07-03) |
| Music | Amit Trivedi and Subhash Kapoor; lyrics by Irshad Kamil and Subhash Kapoor[1](https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/guddu-rangeela/cast/) |
| Critical reception | Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer 36% (average 5.3 from 11 reviews); individual reviews ranged from 1.5 to 3.5 stars[3](https://tv.apple.com/in/movie/%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%A1-%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B2/umc.cmc.5wymtu3b5jk2rhjobt0e2iq39?l=hi) • [4](https://hindi.webdunia.com/bollywood-movie-review/guddu-rangeela-review-hindi-film-115070300045_1.html) |
## Spoilers
### Plot
Guddu ([Amit Sadh](https://www.edgepedia.org/amit-sadh)) and Rangeela (Arshad Warsi) are cousins who run a small-town orchestra party in Haryana while moonlighting as informants for local gangs.[5](https://www.filmibeat.com/bollywood/movies/guddu-rangeela/story.html) Rangeela is fighting a court case to avenge the killing of his wife Babli years earlier at the hands of the local political leader Billu (Ronit Roy).[5](https://www.filmibeat.com/bollywood/movies/guddu-rangeela/story.html) When a local underworld contact offers them quick money to kidnap a young woman named Baby ([Aditi Rao Hydari](https://www.edgepedia.org/aditi-rao-hydari)) from another city, they do not realize that Baby is Billu's estranged sister-in-law and has an axe to grind against him herself; she has planned the whole kidnapping.[5](https://www.filmibeat.com/bollywood/movies/guddu-rangeela/story.html) • [3](https://tv.apple.com/in/movie/%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%A1-%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B2/umc.cmc.5wymtu3b5jk2rhjobt0e2iq39?l=hi) The resulting road journey becomes a cat-and-mouse chase involving political power, the police, and a budding love story on the run.[5](https://www.filmibeat.com/bollywood/movies/guddu-rangeela/story.html)
In the film's setting, Billu Pahalwan is a Khap Panchayat (traditional caste-village council in [North India](https://www.edgepedia.org/north-india) enforcing local customs) leader and political bigwig who enforces local traditions with violence.[6](https://www.bollywoodmdb.com/movie/guddu-rangeela-15888) The cousins are pushed into the kidnapping job after a corrupt inspector demands a bribe of Rs. 1 million (Rs. 10 lakhs).[6](https://www.bollywoodmdb.com/movie/guddu-rangeela-15888)
## Production
The project was announced in February 2014 as a reunion between director Subhash Kapoor and Arshad Warsi after *Jolly LLB*, produced by Fox Star Studios and Sangeeta Ahir of Mangal Murti Films, with Amit Sadh as Guddu and Aditi Rao Hydari as Baby.[7](https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/arshad-warsi-subhash-kapoor-reteam-for-guddu-rangeela/) Shooting took place in Shimla, Ludhiana, Chandigarh, and other locations in North India.[7](https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/arshad-warsi-subhash-kapoor-reteam-for-guddu-rangeela/)
Kapoor, a former journalist, said he wrote the script while directing his debut film *Phas Gaya Re Obama* (2010), drawing on the UP and Haryana milieu he knew well; khap panchayats and honor killing entered the script as the backdrop, though he described the film as essentially a story of two lovable losers and their adventures.[8](https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/into-the-world-of-guddu-rangeela/cid/1400323) India Today noted that the story borrows from the 2007 Manoj-Babli honor killing case, while observing that the film was touted as based on that case but is not really.[9](https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/reviews/story/guddu-rangeela-review-some-bromance-and-a-slice-of-khap-arshad-warsi-aditi-rao-hydari-movie-review-280367-2015-07-03)
## Music
The music was composed by [Amit Trivedi](https://www.edgepedia.org/amit-trivedi) with Subhash Kapoor, and the lyrics were written by Irshad Kamil and Subhash Kapoor.[1](https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/guddu-rangeela/cast/) The song "Mata ka email," performed by the two leads in the film's opening, was singled out by several reviewers; [Aaj Tak](https://www.edgepedia.org/aaj-tak) also praised "Suiyan Suiyan."[2](https://www.aajtak.in/entertainment/film-review/story/movie-review-guddu-rangeela-304120-2015-07-03) • [10](https://www.hindustantimes.com/movie-reviews/guddu-rangeela-this-movie-is-a-satire-misfire/story-eaTGWtFzcILuuMMFPuno6I.html)
## Reception
Critical reception was mixed to negative. Aaj Tak gave 3.5 stars, praising the script, casting, and one-liners.[2](https://www.aajtak.in/entertainment/film-review/story/movie-review-guddu-rangeela-304120-2015-07-03) [Hindustan Times](https://www.edgepedia.org/hindustan-times) gave 2.5 stars, calling the film a satire misfire whose plot shifts from a rural village to Shimla to coal mines to sex tapes without settling on a focus.[10](https://www.hindustantimes.com/movie-reviews/guddu-rangeela-this-movie-is-a-satire-misfire/story-eaTGWtFzcILuuMMFPuno6I.html) The Quint rated it 2 out of 5, arguing that the film changes tone every 20 minutes and deals with its themes superficially.[11](https://www.thequint.com/amp/story/entertainment/movie-review-guddu-rangeela-is-a-waste-of-genuine-talent) IBTimes India gave 2, finding the screenplay confusing but crediting Arshad Warsi's comic timing with partially salvaging the film.[12](https://www.ibtimes.co.in/guddu-rangeela-movie-review-arshad-warsis-comic-timing-somewhat-salvages-this-dissapointing-film-637973) India Today gave 2 out of 5, praising the chemistry between Warsi and Sadh while finding the storyline convoluted.[9](https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/reviews/story/guddu-rangeela-review-some-bromance-and-a-slice-of-khap-arshad-warsi-aditi-rao-hydari-movie-review-280367-2015-07-03) [The Indian Express](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-indian-express) found the first half swift and good fun but said the film loses its footing when it strays into revenge-and-social-change territory.[13](https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/movie-review/guddu-rangeela-review-the-one-who-keeps-us-watching-this-film-is-arshad-warsi/99/) A Webdunia Hindi review gave 1.5 out of 5.[4](https://hindi.webdunia.com/bollywood-movie-review/guddu-rangeela-review-hindi-film-115070300045_1.html) On the aggregate Tomatometer the film stands at 36 percent, with an average score of 5.3 across 11 reviews (4 fresh, 7 rotten).[3](https://tv.apple.com/in/movie/%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%A1-%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B2/umc.cmc.5wymtu3b5jk2rhjobt0e2iq39?l=hi)
Reviewers consistently credited the cast. Ronit Roy's Billu was widely described as menacing, though some found the character tedious and his Haryanvi accent forced; Aditi Rao Hydari played Baby as deaf and mute, a detail noted by India Today and Hindustan Times.[9](https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/reviews/story/guddu-rangeela-review-some-bromance-and-a-slice-of-khap-arshad-warsi-aditi-rao-hydari-movie-review-280367-2015-07-03) • [10](https://www.hindustantimes.com/movie-reviews/guddu-rangeela-this-movie-is-a-satire-misfire/story-eaTGWtFzcILuuMMFPuno6I.html) Filmfare called it Kapoor's weakest film yet while judging that the actors' performances kept the film from embarrassment.[14](https://www.filmfare.com/reviews/movie-review-guddu-rangeela-9711.html)
## References
1. [Guddu Rangeela Cast & Crew, Bollywood Hungama](https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/guddu-rangeela/cast/)
2. [Film Review: हंसी-ठहाकों से भरपूर है 'गुड्डू रंगीला', Aaj Tak](https://www.aajtak.in/entertainment/film-review/story/movie-review-guddu-rangeela-304120-2015-07-03)
3. [गुड्डु रंगीला, Apple TV](https://tv.apple.com/in/movie/%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%A1-%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B2/umc.cmc.5wymtu3b5jk2rhjobt0e2iq39?l=hi)
4. [गुड्डू रंगीला: फिल्म समीक्षा, Webdunia Hindi](https://hindi.webdunia.com/bollywood-movie-review/guddu-rangeela-review-hindi-film-115070300045_1.html)
5. [Guddu Rangeela Story, Synopsis, Filmibeat](https://www.filmibeat.com/bollywood/movies/guddu-rangeela/story.html)
6. [Guddu Rangeela (2015), BollywoodMDB](https://www.bollywoodmdb.com/movie/guddu-rangeela-15888)
7. [Arshad Warsi, Subhash Kapoor reteam for 'Guddu Rangeela', The Indian Express (17 February 2014)](https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/arshad-warsi-subhash-kapoor-reteam-for-guddu-rangeela/)
8. [Into the World of Guddu Rangeela, The Telegraph (India)](https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/into-the-world-of-guddu-rangeela/cid/1400323)
9. [Guddu Rangeela review: A Khap-flavoured bromance, India Today](https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/reviews/story/guddu-rangeela-review-some-bromance-and-a-slice-of-khap-arshad-warsi-aditi-rao-hydari-movie-review-280367-2015-07-03)
10. [Guddu Rangeela: This movie is a satire misfire, Hindustan Times](https://www.hindustantimes.com/movie-reviews/guddu-rangeela-this-movie-is-a-satire-misfire/story-eaTGWtFzcILuuMMFPuno6I.html)
11. [Movie Review: Guddu Rangeela is a Waste of Genuine Talent, The Quint](https://www.thequint.com/amp/story/entertainment/movie-review-guddu-rangeela-is-a-waste-of-genuine-talent)
12. ['Guddu Rangeela' Movie Review, IBTimes India](https://www.ibtimes.co.in/guddu-rangeela-movie-review-arshad-warsis-comic-timing-somewhat-salvages-this-dissapointing-film-637973)
13. [Guddu Rangeela review, The Indian Express](https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/movie-review/guddu-rangeela-review-the-one-who-keeps-us-watching-this-film-is-arshad-warsi/99/)
14. [Movie Review: Guddu Rangeela, Filmfare](https://www.filmfare.com/reviews/movie-review-guddu-rangeela-9711.html)
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