Arun Gawli is a former Indian mafia boss turned politician, now retired from the world of crime. He was one of the most notorious underworld dons back in the 1970s and 1980s, leading the Byculla Company gang. The latter operated most of central Mumbai, carrying out diverse criminal activities including extortion, smuggling, and murder.

(File photo) By Vidya : The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court (HC) has granted 45-day parole to gangster-turned-politician Arun Gawli alias Daddy on the ground of his wife's ill-health. A division bench of Justices ZA Haq and Amit Borkar allowed the parole plea filed by Arun Gawli and directed the jail authorities to release him.

Daddy: Directed by Ashim Ahluwalia. With Arjun Rampal, Aishwarya Rajesh, Nishikant Kamat, Rajesh Shringarpure. Spanning the 1970s and 1980s, this is the sensational true story of Arun Gawli, who grew up in Mumbai's impoverished Dagdi Chawl, to become a dreaded don, politician, and rival of India's most powerful crime boss, Dawood Ibrahim.

'Arun Gawli's party front for crime' Rebecca Samervel / TNN / Sep 6, 2012, 00:56 IST Share AA MUMBAI: Gangster-turned-don Arun Gawli 's political party, the Akhil Bharatiya Sena (ABS), was an organized crime syndicate that extorted money from builders, cable operators and other businessmen.

1. Gawli was born into a family of mill workers Photo by Lidya Nada on Unsplash He was born on 17 July 1955 in the Ahmednagar district, present-day Maharashtra. Growing up, he worked in Mumbai’s textile mills just like most of the youths did at the time. These mills were located in the central areas of Parel, Byculla, Chinchpokli, and Cotton Green.

Geeta (31), is Arun Gawli’s (56) daughter. Two-time BMC corporator from the same area, Geeta has decided to test her luck in the Assembly polls this year. In Dagdi Chawl, the power and aura.

Convicted gangster-turned-politician Arun Gawli, who is behind bars in a murder case, has approached the Bombay High Court for remission of his life sentence and sought his premature release. Advertisement. Divyesh Singh. Mumbai, UPDATED: Mar 10, 2023 08:24 IST.

On Wednesday afternoon, Arjun Rampal hosted a special screening of the teaser of his forthcoming film, 'Daddy', for Arun Gawli's family. Gawli's three daughters ' Geeta, Yogita and Asmita.