India, July 1 -- The trailer of Rajkummar Rao's upcoming film Maalik was released in theatres on Tuesday. Gritty and intense, the trailer gave fans a better look into the world of the action-packed film where Rajkummar plays an ambitious gangster who rises up to power.

The trailer shows how Rajkummar Rao's character rises up from a world where the powerful show no mercy for the poor, and establishes his own kin with time. He says, "Maalik paida nahi hue to kya, bann toh sakte hain (What if I wasn't born a ruler, I could become one)." However, he has rivals in his path to power, as Prosenjit Chatterjee's character (a police inspector) arrives. He openly tells Maalik's love interest (played by Manushi Chillar) that he has been sent to hunt...