Company, starring Mohanlal, Manisha Koirala, Vivek Oberoi and Ajay Devgn, was loosely based on Dawood Ibrahim's D-Company and received positive reviews.[93] It was followed by D, starring Randeep Hooda and also produced by Varma, which was less successful than its predecessors.[94] Satya 2 was a critical and commercial failure.[95] According to Saibal Chatterjee, "Satya, the ultimate guns-and-gangs saga, was clearly in no need of re-interpretation."[96]