Red Captain) is 2019 Indian Hindi-language epic western action drama film[2] co-written and directed by Navdeep Singh.

[4] The film stars Saif Ali Khan as a bounty hunter called Gossain (a sadhu) who goes on a killing spree with the intention of exacting revenge upon a Subedar named Rahmat Khan, who is also being chased by the Marathas since he double crossed them and was trying to get away with their treasure.

[5] In the late 18th century Bundelkhand, a warrior monk (called the Gossain) goes on a killing spree in a quest to find his arch-nemesis, the Rohilla chieftain, Rahmat Khan (currently in charge of the local fort of Munerghah), who has escaped with his convoy after looting treasure of his overlord Raja Hukum Singh Bundela (the looted treasure is tax due to Peshwa Sawai Madhavrao) and killing all the subjects.

He manages to reach Rahmat Khan's palace, where a widow rescues him, feeds, and accompanies him on his vengeance trail.

On the other hand, the tracker joins forces with the Marathas to help them track Rahmat Khan in exchange for 20 gold coins.

The next morning, the commander remains asleep, due to which the captain and the tracker are accompanied by a group of Pindaris.

The Gossain reveals that 25 years ago in Buxar, before the battle, various Indians gathered to plot the East India Company's defeat.

[6] The music of the film is composed by Samira Koppikar with lyrics written by Saurabh Jain, Puneet Sharma, and Sahib.

[9] The film generally received negative reviews from the critics but praising the performance of Khan, the direction, the visuals and the cinematography.

Sreeparna Sengupta writing for the Times of India, said that "[Laal Kaptaan] has a tedious narrative and a very lengthy runtime pull it down."

[11] Writing for India Today, Nairita Mukherjee wrote that 'Laal Kaptaan's biggest flaw is that it is too heavily dependent on Saif, but doesn't offer the necessary support for him to pull it through.