Raktanchal is a crime drama inspired by real-life events from the '80s of Purvanchal, Uttar Pradesh, at the time when the state development work was distributed through tenders. The criminal empire of Waseem Khan, the tender mafia is challenged by a young criminal Vijay Singh who is driven by vengeance. The story sets in motion, a clash for acquiring tenders with a political battle in the background, which unleashes a bloodbath in the city of Purvanchal. Vijay must overcome great personal odds to beat Waseem Khan and become the tender king.
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Raktanchal is a crime drama inspired by real-life events from the '80s of Purvanchal, Uttar Pradesh, at the time when the state development work was distributed through tenders. The criminal empire of Waseem Khan, the tender mafia is challenged by a young criminal Vijay Singh who is driven by vengeance. The story sets in motion, a clash for acquiring tenders with a political battle in the background, which unleashes a bloodbath in the city of Purvanchal. Vijay must overcome great personal odds to beat Waseem Khan and become the tender king.
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Availability by JustWatch · some watch links pay filmi.ai a small commission; it never changes what we show or how we score.
Not available in the USAvailable in India on Prime Video.
Not available in the UKAvailable in India on Prime Video.
Not available in CanadaAvailable in India on Prime Video.
Not available in AustraliaAvailable in India on Prime Video.
Not available in the UAEAvailable in India on Prime Video.
A brutal 1980s gang-war drama over government tenders in Uttar Pradesh; sustained shootouts, graphic bloodshed, and pervasive crude language and slurs run through all nine episodes.
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Violence · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“piles of maimed and murdered bodies and compromised politicians” view the record →
Violence · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“high-octane action mostly plays out through fierce gun fights and bomb blasts” view the record →
Violence · Strong · Reviewer on record
“People just keep shooting each other into oblivion, walking with impunity and rifles” view the record →
Ramnath finds Raktanchal fast-paced and well-cast, but sees a flimsy, cliché-heavy gangster plot with underdeveloped characters, crude dialogue,… Read it there →
Ramnath finds Raktanchal fast-paced and well cast, with Seema and Katta's romance a rare tender spot and secondary players outshining the leads.… Read it there →
Parasuraman finds Raktanchal another tiresome UP mafia blood-saga with nothing fresh to say, uneasy at its normalizing of 'good violence,' and… Read it there →
