Ekta's underworld tryst gets company

Updated On: 14 November, 2009 07:11 AM IST | | Upala KBR

Her film, Once Upon A Time in Mumbai, based on rise of underworld, is similar to Tomorrow

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Her film, Once Upon A Time in Mumbai, based on rise of underworld, is similar to Tomorrow

Ekta Kapoor's film, Once Upon A Time In Mumbai, exploring the rise of the underworld from the 70s to the 90s has some competition. A film starring Anuj Sawney and Seema Biswas called Tomorrow also has a similar theme.
City's underbelly

While Ekta's film is being directed by Milan Luthria and stars Ajay Devgn, Emraan Hashmi and Kangana Ranaut, Tomorrow is directed by Amjad Khan.

Once Upon A Time In Mumbai has Ajay reportedly playing a character based on Haji Mastan, while Emraan plays the character of Dawood Ibrahim.

Anuj says, "Tomorrow explores the underbelly of the Mumbai underworld era starting from the early 1970s right till the 1990s, which names all prominent ganglords, including Dawood Ibrahim, Chhota Rajan, Kareem Lala, Haji Mastan, etc.