The makers of Mumbai Saga starring John Abraham, Emraan Hashmi and Suniel Shetty have unveiled the trailer of the film on Friday. Set in the 1980s and 90s, it portrays the transformation of Bombay to Mumbai. The trailer introduces John Abraham’s character Amartya Rao, who is out on the streets of Mumbai to rule the city. It shows John as a gangster who rose from the streets of Bombay to rule Mumbai. Emraan Hashmi plays the role of a cop whose motive it to end gangster John. He is seen as a cop who rose from the ‘ghettos of Bombay to stop’ Amartya Rao.
The trailer opens with John Abraham shouting in the busy streets of the market, “Jisne bhi hafta diya agla hath uska katega”, followed by his fierce fight with goons.
The film boasts of an ensemble cast including Suniel Shetty, Mahesh Manjrekar, Kajal Aggarwal, Rohit Roy, Gulshan Grover, and Prateik Babbar. From the very beginning, director Gupta had maintained that his film would have a theatrical release.
“#MUMBAISAGA: We are in the thick of final edits, VFX, BGM, SFX, DI Grading & final sound mixing. Everyday with every moment my team & I feel only one common emotion… MUMBAI SAGA BELONGS TO THE THEATRES. It’s been solely & single heartedly made for the big screen experience,” the filmmaker had expressed on Twitter in November.
Along with sharing the teaser, the makers had announced this week that the film will hit the screens on March 19.