An intriguing screenplay with the use of flashbacks even at times one flashback inside the other .... a story of a young girl and 2 men in her life - one of them a gangster. The title of the film could have been something like "between a stone and a hard rock" because the whole story is from the leading lady's perspective. May be because the producers wanted it to be promoted as the life story of the real life don Abu Salem and his sweetheart Monica Bedi that they chose Gangster as the title but that is not certainly the central theme of the movie.
The actors Shiney Ahuja, Kangana Ranaut and Imraan Hashmi are not brilliant but very effective. Shiney's quiet act comes to life at the very climactic end, Kangana sways between average to brilliant generally on the louder side and Imraan is the same as in all of his film slightly under-played and detached sometimes not very convincing.
Music has been a big hit but even the background score is good, befitting the thriller it is supposed to be. Overall a nice one-time watchable movie.
Rating : * * * * *
