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The Big Bull

2021 · 154 min

A glossy, fast-talking rise-and-fall saga that sweeps you through the dizzying highs and crashing lows of financial ambition.

Directed by
Kookie Gulati
Genres
Crime, Drama
Starring
Abhishek Bachchan, Ileana D'Cruz, Sohum Shah
Tagline
The man who sold dreams to India
Overview
Inspired by events from the late '80s and the early '90s that shook the country's financial fabric, The Big Bull tells the story of the biggest hustle in the stock market.

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Directed by
Kookie Gulati
Genres
Crime, Drama
Starring
Abhishek Bachchan, Ileana D'Cruz, Sohum Shah
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • ambition
  • greed
  • corruption
  • power
  • crime
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour3
Realism7
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
crime, drama
Directed by
Kookie Gulati
Written by
Kookie Gulati, Arjun Dhawan
Starring
Abhishek Bachchan, Ileana D'Cruz, Sohum Shah, Nikita Dutta, Ram Kapoor, Saurabh Shukla, Kanan Arunachalam, Supriya Pathak
Music
Chandan Saxena
Cinematography
Vishnu Rao
Runtime
154 min
Country
India
Languages
Hindi, English

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