as ▁Ins pect or ▁Ch avan ▁ ▁Kr ish na ▁Ch oud h ary ▁as ▁Ins pect or ▁Sat he ▁ ▁G au har ▁Khan ▁as ▁item ▁number ▁" P arda " ▁ ▁Production ▁The ▁film ▁was ▁made ▁on ▁a ▁budget ▁of ▁ 3 8 ▁cr ore ▁( ▁ 2 8 ▁cr ore ▁for ▁production ▁and ▁▁ 1 0 ▁cr ore ▁for ▁public ity ▁and ▁advert ising ). ▁ ▁In sp iration ▁for ▁the ▁film ▁The ▁film ▁dep ict s ▁the ▁growth ▁of ▁the ▁M umb ai ▁under world , ▁from ▁crime ▁and ▁sm ugg ling ▁in ▁its ▁early ▁stages ▁to ▁its ▁connection ▁with ▁international ▁terror ism ▁in ▁recent ▁times . ▁It ▁is ▁believed ▁to ▁be ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁lives ▁of ▁real - life ▁gang sters ▁H aj i ▁M ast an ▁and ▁Da wood ▁I bra him , ▁port rayed ▁by ▁the ▁characters ▁Sultan ▁and ▁Sho a ib , ▁respectively . ▁Origin ally ▁San j ay ▁D utt ▁was ▁chosen ▁to ▁play ▁the ▁role ▁of ▁H aj i ▁M ast an ▁but ▁the ▁role ▁went ▁to ▁A j ay ▁Dev gn ▁instead . ▁ ▁Crit ical ▁reception ▁Raj ee v ▁Mas and ▁of ▁CNN - IB N ▁r ated ▁the ▁film ▁ 2 . 5 ▁out ▁of ▁ 5 ▁saying , ▁" The ▁film ▁is ▁watch able ▁and ▁enjoy able ▁in ▁parts ▁even , ▁but ▁it ▁doesn ' t ▁quite ▁pull ▁off ▁the ▁retro ▁ch ic ▁tone ▁it ▁was ▁going ▁for ". ▁I AN S ▁r ated ▁the ▁movie ▁ 3 .