# K.G.F: Chapter 1 (2018)

> A poverty-born fighter enters Mumbai’s underworld and returns to the Kolar Gold Fields as a mythic challenger to a brutal mining empire.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/394032

## Facts

- Runtime: 156 min
- Genres: Action, Thriller, Adventure, Crime
- Director: Prashanth Neel
- Cast: Yash, Srinidhi Shetty, Ramachandra Raju, Archana Jois, Anant Nag, Vasishta N. Simha, Achyuth Kumar, Ayyappa P. Sharma
- TMDB rating: 7.5/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7838252/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: grandiose, brooding, propulsive, action movie night, blockbuster marathon

## Synopsis

A young man's journey from poverty to power unfolds in a world of gold and crime.

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