India, Feb. 17 -- *ing: Ranveer Singh, Alia Bhatt

Rated:5/10

So, if you don't have any angst in life; if you are a happy go lucky person without rage or resentment at anything, would you still relate to Gully Boy? If you are past the age for rap and the anger and aggression it spews, will you like Gully Boy? Most probably not and definitely not in the long form that Zoya Akhtar presents the story of her rapper.

Despite the realism around youth frustrations and existential problems of the not so rich Dharavi populations, the film stretches the limits of storytelling much too farther than required. Despite Ranveer Singh's stellar performance, the monotony of his journey gets to you in ways that it should not have.

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