ParindaAmar Naik found his way back into the big screen in Vidhu Vinod Chopra's film Parinda. The film told the story of Amar Naik and his brother Ashwin. Jackie Shroff played the older brother Amar and Anil Kapoor played Ashwin Naik. Though a good part of the film is fictionalised, it told how one's brother's deeds draws the other into the world of crime.
Cast: Jackie Shroff, Anil Kapoor, Nana Patekar and Madhuri Dixit
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Game
Game by Anil Mattoo was another movie, which raised a lot of eyebrows. The film had fascinating performances by some very well-known names. Naseeruddin Shah played a character that reminded audiences of Dawood, Aditya Panscholi played Bada Rajan and Rahul Roy played Chota Rajan. Kiran Kumar played the famous gangster Samad Khan. Needless to say, with so many gangsters in the film, Game was based on gang wars in Mumbai. The film went onCompany
This one, again by RGV, fictionalised the rise and fall of the haloed D-Company. It also traced the fallout of Dawood Ibrahim and Chota Rajan (played by Ajay Devgan and Vivek Oberoi respectively) and the effect it had on the Mumbai underworld. It was possibly for the first time that a real-life police officer was fictionalised so well in a film. Mohanlal played D Sivanandan, the man who many hold responsible for the downfall of Dawood in Mumbai.Interestingly, Haji Mastan also appears as one of the characters in this film, though he is shown as a helpless old don. Company remains one of RGV's most acclaimed efforts after Satya. Cast: Ajay Devgan, Mohanlal, Manisha Koirala, Seema Biswas, Vivek Oberoi and Antara Mali
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Vaastav
Mahesh Manjrekar's Vaastav was allegedly based on the true-life story of Chota Rajan. Sanjay Dutt played the lead role. The film, it was said, was partly financed by Rajan himself. Not surprisingly, the portrayal of the don was very sympathetic.
Cast: Sanjay Dutt, Namrata Shirodkar, Reema Lagoo, Shivaji Satam and Sanjay Narvekar to win a lot of accolades.
Cast: Naseeruddin Shah, Aditya Panscholi, Rahul Roy and Kiran Kumar

AgneepathHe may have played an outcast in many films before this. But it was only after Deewar that Amitabh did a full-length gangster flick in the form of Agneepath. His role was supposedly based on the Maharashtrian gangster Manya Surve. The film bombed at the box-office, especially since Bachchan had also tried to copy the man's voice. Produced by Yash Johar and directed by the late Mukul S Anand, the film did win a lot of awards. Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Mithun Chakraborty, Madhavi, Neelam and Danny Dengzongpa MUST READ: Big B will never work with RGV again Satya For quite some time, gangster films disappeared from the marquee. But it was Satya that brought them back into fashion. In fact, Satya also became one of the most important films of the 'Mumbai underworld' genre. And Satya was Ram Gopal Varma's first in a series of films like Company and D. It was supposed to be have been inspired by the friends-turned-foes gangster Arun Gawli and politician Mohan Rawle. Manoj Bajpai played Arun Gawli and Govind Namdeo played Mohan Rawle. Cast: JD Chakravarthy, Urmila Matondkar, Manoj Bajpai, Shefali Shah and Govind Namdeo