What punishment did the person who Anurag Basu was rumored to base his movie Gangster on receive?
Gangster (2006 film) Gangster is a 2006 Indian romantic crime film that premiered on 28 April. It stars Emraan Hashmi, Kangana Ranaut and Shiney Ahuja. The plot is that of a bar girl who falls in love with two people, one a layman and the other a gangster. The music is composed by Pritam. The film was rumoured to be based on the life of mobster Abu Salem and former actress Monica Bedi, but the director Anurag Basu said that it is not based upon any real characters or incidents. "Gangster" was a hit at the box office. The movie is debut of actress Kangana Ranaut.
William White (gangster) William Jack "Three Fingers" White (1900-January 23, 1934) was a Prohibition gangster and member of the Chicago Outfit. His nickname was related to a childhood accident after a falling brick from a construction site had crushed his right hand, resulting in the loss of two fingers. Self-conscious of his deformed hand, White would wear a white glove in public with cotton stuffed in the empty fingers.