The trailer for Gunmaaster G9 has given the first clear picture of Emraan Hashmi’s latest leading role: an ex-gangster out for revenge after being wounded in love. Released on November 11, the promo leans into the language of old-school Hindi action cinema, with punchy dialogue, a romantic backstory and a menacing villain.
Directed by Aditya Datt, the film pairs Hashmi with Genelia Deshmukh as his love interest. Aparshakti Khurana plays the antagonist the trailer suggests is responsible for her death. Abhishek Singh, Avneet Kaur, Snehill Mehra and Inayat Verma form part of the extended cast.
The pitch
Himesh Reshammiya’s music supplies an old-world flourish to the promo, while the makers are selling the film as a romantic action thriller. Rather than positioning Gunmaaster G9 as a grim procedural, the trailer foregrounds the familiar pleasures of a revenge saga: a wounded hero, a lost love, and action beats punctuated by dialogue.
Hashmi said the physical work required a shift from his previous roles. The hand-to-hand combat, gun sequences and stunts, he said, “demanded a different kind of preparation”, and he wanted audiences to see “a side of me they hadn’t seen before”.
Genelia Deshmukh added that the film “doesn’t restrict itself to one mood”, with action, romance, humour, music and emotion all part of the package.
Release details
- Release date: November 27
- Director: Aditya Datt
- Lead cast: Emraan Hashmi, Genelia Deshmukh, Aparshakti Khurana
- Producers: Deepak Mukut, Hunar Mukut, Sangeeta Ahir
The film is presented by Soham Rockstar Entertainment Pvt. It will open in theatres on November 27, where the challenge will be turning the trailer’s nostalgic energy into opening-weekend interest.
Why it matters
For readers who follow Hindi cinema closely, Gunmaaster G9 is a live test of a familiar formula. The film is not hiding its influences; it is using them as the pitch. That can read as a comforting throwback or a retread, depending on execution. Genelia’s description is the clearest signal of intent: by naming multiple moods, she is pitching a broad entertainer rather than a niche revenge thriller.
The trailer is the first sustained look at the film. It gives cinemagoers a reason to book early, and gives the filmmakers a template to sustain until the November 27 release.
The trailer’s job is to promise the former. The audience will decide after release.
Source: The Hindu
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