Overview
- The film opened in theaters on February 13, 2026, reuniting Bhardwaj with Shahid Kapoor opposite Triptii Dimri.
- Reviewers highlight Bhardwaj’s signature blend of stylized violence, dark humor, and an evocative score with prominent songs.
- Shahid Kapoor plays Ustara, a covert enforcer in 1990s Mumbai, who is drawn into a widow Afshan’s revenge quest led by Triptii Dimri.
- Coverage links the story to Hussain Zaidi’s Mafia Queens of Mumbai and to figures such as Hussain Ustara and Sapna Didi, with the makers emphasizing it is only loosely based.
- Reports note legal complaints from relatives of the real-life Ustara, alongside attention to elaborate set-pieces including a Liberty Cinema sequence, a Ganpati visarjan, and a Spanish masked carnival.