What is the name of this self proclaimed don of Mumbai in India, recognized as the founder of the major organized criminal gang in the Mumbai area, for which Angaar was speculated to have been based on his life?
Karim Lala Karim Lala (1911 – February 19, 2002), born as Abdul Karim Sher Khan in Kunar province of Afghanistan, was self-proclaimed 'don of Mumbai' in India. He is recognized as the founder of the major organised criminal gang in the Mumbai area in the 1950's. He went to work in Mumbai’s docks in the early 1940s via Peshawar, but he rose to prominence, along with Haji Mastan and Varadarajan Mudaliar. Karim Lala and his fellow Mafia leaders were based in Mumbai.
Abhimanyu (1991 film) Abhimanyu is a Malayalam crime drama film released in 1991 directed by Priyadarshan featuring Mohanlal, Geetha, and Shankar in the lead roles. The plot revolves around Mumbai underworld and the transformation of an innocent guy into a criminal, who later becomes a don in the city. The tagline of the movie is "Crime Never Pays". Its Tamil dubbed version "Arasan" was a success. The movie was later dubbed and released in Hindi with the title "Satyaghath - Crime Never Pays". The movie was noted for its epic screenplay, direction and background score. It became a cult classic. Art direction was by Thotta Tharani. It was remade in Tamil as Thalai Nagaram and in Kannada as "Devru".