This Friday At The Movies: 'Ghayal Once Again'
Sunny Deol, most famous for his roles as an angry young man in the 90s returns to our screens to give audiences a blast from the past with an action-packed gripping sequel to his 1990 hit Ghayal.
Ghayal Once Again takes us back to the original Ghayal movie character Ajay Mehra (Sunny Deol) and follows his life after serving time in prison.
The sequel depicts his trials and tribulations while battling a wealthy businessman who makes life miserable for a group of innocent youngsters that have photographic evidence of the former being involved in a deadly conspiracy.
The fun and joy juxtaposed with the struggles of being a youth forms the backdrop of this action-drama.
Donning the hat of a director, writer for the first time, Sunny Deol has a lot of offer his die-hard fans who are eagerly anticipating his return to mainstream cinema.
In one of his recent interviews, Sunny exclaimed “In the past few years, I felt directionless and then I thought I should go back to my genre of movies – movies that I believe in. So, I wrote Ghayal Once Again, to go back to my roots”.
The movie also casts Soha Ali Khan and Om Puri in key roles. The trailer has been hugely appreciated by audiences, having hit over 5 million views on YouTube already.
Are you looking forward to the film?
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