The Gambinos

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| director = Girish Panicker Mattada

| producer = P. M Sasidharan, Biju Nandakumar

| writer = Sakkir Madathil

| based_on = {{Based on|Animal Kingdom}}

| starring = Vishnu Vijay
Radhika Sarathkumar
Sampath Raj
Sijoy Varghese
Biju Nandakumar

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| music = Jakes Bejoy

| cinematography = Elban Krishna

| editing = Shafique Mohamed Ali

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| released = {{Film date|df=y|2019|3|8}}

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| country = India

| language = Malayalam

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The Gambinos is a 2019 Indian Malayalam-language film directed by Girish Panicker Mattada. The film stars Vishnu Vijay, Radhika Sarathkumar, Sampath Raj and Sijoy Varghese. The film revolves around a mother and her four sons, leading their criminal lives, until the arrival of a young man called Mustafa, who brings unexpected twists and turns to the tale.{{Cite web |last=Shriijth |first=Sajin |date=2019-03-06 |title=The Gambinos is influenced by American crime films: Vishnu Vinay |url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/stories/interviews/2019/Mar/06/the-gambinos-is-influenced-by-american-crime-films-vishnu-vinay-10417.html |access-date=2024-03-05 |website=Cinema Express |language=en}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2018-10-09 |title=Gambinos' first look is out |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/mollywood/091018/gambinos-first-look-is-out.html |access-date=2024-03-05 |website=Deccan Chronicle |language=en}}

Cast

Vishnu Vinay as Mustafa
Radhika Sarathkumar as Mariamma a.k.a. Mamma{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2018-12-07 |title=Radhika to play Mamma in ‘The Gambinos’ |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/flix/radhika-play-mamma-gambinos-92957 |access-date=2024-03-05 |website=The News Minute |language=en}}
Sampath Raj as Jose
Sijoy Varghese as Crime Branch Officer
Biju Nandakumar as Appan

== Soundtrack ==

The soundtrack was composed by Jakes Bejoy.

#	Title	Lyricist	Performer(s)
class="wikitable"
1	Labella	B. K. Harinarayanan	Abhay Jodhpurkar

Production

Radhika Sarathkumar plays a don in the film.{{Cite web |last= |date=2019-03-07 |title=Took up role of don as it was challenging: Actor Radikaa to TNM on return to Mollywood |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/flix/took-role-don-it-was-challenging-actor-radikaa-tnm-return-mollywood-97906 |access-date=2024-03-05 |website=The News Minute |language=en}}

Reception

A critic from The Times of India wrote that "The uncertainty in the mind of the filmmaker shows in the film as well in terms of how certain characters and scenes are crafted".{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movie-reviews/the-gambinos/movie-review/68319935.cms|title=The Gambinos Movie Review|via=timesofindia.indiatimes.com}} A critic from The New Indian Express wrote that "Radhika and Sampath are talented actors no doubt, but except for a few moments which convey their characters’ true colours, they’re terribly miscast here".{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/review/2019/mar/09/a-remake-that-couldve-been-so-much-better-1948569.html|title='The Gambinos' movie review: A remake that could've been so much better|website=The New Indian Express}}

References

External links

[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8396210/ The Gambinos on IMDb]