Guns of Banaras

{{short description|2020 film diirecred by Sekhar Suri}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}}

{{Use Indian English|date=March 2020}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Guns of Banaras

| image = Guns of Banaras film poster.jpg

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| director = Sekhar Suri

| based_on = {{based on|Polladhavan|Vetrimaaran}}

| producer = Shaina Nath
Ashok Munshi

| story = Vetrimaaran

| starring = Karan Nath
Nathalia
Abhimanyu Singh
Ganesh Venkatraman
Shilpa Shirodkar
Zarina Wahab
Mohan Agashe

| music = Songs:
Sohail Sen
Background Score:
Amar Mohile

| cinematography = K. K. Rao

| editing = Bunty Nagi

| studio = Dashaka Cinema Co Production

| distributor = UFO Moviez

| released = {{Film date|2020|2|28|India|df=y}}

| runtime = 132 minutes{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-details/chicken-curry-law/movieshow/entertainment/hindi/movie-details/guns-of-banaras/movieshow/61258024.cms |title=Guns of Banaras |newspaper=The Times of India |access-date=28 February 2020}}

| language = Hindi

}}

Guns of Banaras is an Indian Hindi-language action film directed by Sekhar Suri.{{Cite web |date=27 April 2017 |title=Producer of Vinod Khanna's last film Guns Of Banaras talks about fond memories while shooting the film |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-producer-of-vinod-khanna-s-last-film-guns-of-banaras-talks-about-fond-memories-while-shooting-the-film-2418783 |access-date=9 January 2020 |website=DNA India}} It is a remake of the 2007 Tamil film Polladhavan. The film stars Karan Nath and Nathalia in leading roles and Zarina Wahab, Vinod Khanna, Shilpa Shirodkar, Abhimanyu Singh and Tej Sapru in supporting roles.

The film was shot and completed in 2014 but delayed for unknown reasons and released six years later on 28 February 2020. {{cite web |url=https://www.cinestaan.com/articles/2020/jan/17/24018/shilpa-shirodkar-makes-a-comeback-after-20-years-in-guns-of-banaras/amp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512144824/https://www.cinestaan.com/articles/2020/jan/17/24018/shilpa-shirodkar-makes-a-comeback-after-20-years-in-guns-of-banaras/amp |url-status=live |archive-date=12 May 2023 |title=Shilpa Shirodkar makes a comeback after 20 years in Guns of Banaras}}

The film marked the comeback of Karan Nath after 11 years and Shilpa Shirodkar after 20 years.{{cite news |url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/report/shilpa-shirodkar-makes-a-comeback/20200228.htm |title=Shilpa Shirodkar makes a comeback |date=28 February 2020 |publisher=Rediff |first=Subhash K |last=Jha |accessdate=8 March 2020}} It also marked the final film appearance of Vinod Khanna who died in 2017.