Gangs of Wasseypur | |
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Directed by | Anurag Kashyap |
Produced by | Atul Shukla Anurag Kashyap Sunil Bohra Viacom 18 Motion Pictures |
Written by | Zeishan Quadri Akhilesh Sachin Ladia Anurag Kashyap Akhilesh Jaiswal |
Starring | Manoj Bajpai Jaideep Ahlawat Nawazuddin Siddiqui Huma Qureshi Tigmanshu Dhulia Vineet Kumar Singh Piyush Mishra Pankaj Tripathi Richa Chadda Reemma Sen |
Music by | Sneha Khanwalkar (soundtrack) G. V. Prakash Kumar (score) |
Cinematography | Rajeev Ravi |
Edited by | Shweta Venkat |
Anurag Kashyap Films Jar Pictures Elle Driver Productions | |
Distributed by | Viacom 18 Motion Pictures |
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319 minutes[1] | |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Gangs of Wasseypur (stylised as Gangs of वासेपुर) is a 2012 Indian two-part crime film, produced and directed by Anurag Kashyap,[2] and written by Kashyap and Zeishan Quadri. Centered on the coal mafia (Mafia Raj) of Dhanbad, and the underlying power struggles, politics and vengeance between three crime families, the film features an ensemble cast, with Manoj Bajpai, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Huma Qureshi, Richa Chadda and Tigmanshu Dhulia in the major roles. Its story spans from the early 1940s to the 2000s. Both parts were originally shot as a single film measuring a total of 319 minutes and screened at the 2012 CannesDirectors' Fortnight,[3][4][5][6] but, since no Indian theatre would volunteer to screen a more-than-five-hour film, it was divided into two parts for the Indian market.
Anurag had also revealed twice - once in 2010 and once in 2018 - that the Tamil movie, Subramaniapuram (2008) was the inspiration for this movie series.[7][8]
Gangs of Wasseypur (stylised as Gangs of वासेपुर) is a 2012 Indian two-part crime film, produced and directed by Anurag Kashyap, and written by Kashyap and Zeishan Quadri.Centered on the coal mafia (Mafia Raj) of Dhanbad, and the underlying power struggles, politics and vengeance between three crime families, the film features an ensemble cast, with Manoj Bajpai, Nawazuddin.
Most characters in this film are from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Wasseypur.
Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reports that the film holds a 96% approval rating, based on 27 reviews, with an average score of 8.36/10.[9] The film holds a Metacritic score of 89 based on 10 reviews, indicating '[u]niversal acclaim'.[10]Danny Bowes called it '[o]ne of the most ambitious gangster films ever made, and quite possibly one of the best', writing that it is 'worthy of discussion alongside Coppola's first two “Godfather” films, or Leone's “Once Upon a Time in America.”'[11]Salon's Andrew O'Hehir wrote: 'As a rich and exuberant character-driven crime saga in an idiom you absolutely have not encountered before, and a dense, unsentimental portrayal of the collision between democracy, capitalism and gangsterism on the frayed margins of the post-colonial world, Gangs of Wasseypur is a signal achievement in 21st-century cinema.'[12]
Award | Date of ceremony[a] | Category | Recipients | Result | Ref |
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Asia-Pacific Film Festival | 15 December 2012 | Best Actor | Manoj Bajpayee | Nominated | [13] |
Jury Grand Prize | Anurag Kashyap | Won | |||
BIG Star Entertainment Awards | 31 December 2012 | Best Debut - Female | Huma Qureshi | Won | [14] |
Filmfare Awards | 20 January 2013 | Best Film | Gangs of Wasseypur | Nominated | [15] [16] |
Best Film (Critics) | Won | ||||
Best Director | Anurag Kashyap | Nominated | |||
Best Actor | Manoj Bajpayee | Nominated | |||
Best Supporting Actress | Richa Chadda | Nominated | |||
Best Actress (Critics) | Won | ||||
Best Female Debut | Huma Qureshi | Nominated | |||
Best Music Director | Sneha Khanwalkar | Nominated | |||
Best Dialogue | Anurag Kashyap, Zeishan Quadri, Akhilesh & Sachin Ladia | Won | |||
Best Action | Sham Kaushal | Won | |||
International Indian Film Academy Awards | 6 July 2013 | Best Film | Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1 | Nominated | [17] |
Best Director | Anurag Kashyap | Nominated | |||
Best Actor | Manoj Bajpayee | Nominated | |||
Best Actress | Huma Qureshi | Nominated | |||
Best Supporting Actor | Nawazuddin Siddiqui | Nominated | |||
Best Supporting Actress | Reema Sen | Nominated | |||
Best Performance in a Negative Role | Tigmanshu Dhulia | Nominated | |||
Best Story | Zeishan Quadri | Nominated | |||
Best Music Director | Sneha Khanwalkar | Nominated | |||
Best Dialogue | Anurag Kashyap, Zeishan Quadri, Akhilesh & Sachin Ladia | Won | |||
Best Action | Sham Kaushal | Won | |||
National Film Awards | 3 May 2013 | National Film Award for Best Audiography | Alok De, Sinoy Joseph & Sreejesh Nair | Won | [18] |
Special Jury Award[b] | Nawazuddin Siddiqui | Won | |||
Screen Awards | 12 January 2013 | Best Film | Gangs of Wasseypur | Nominated | [19] |
Best Director | Anurag Kashyap | Nominated | |||
Best Actor | Manoj Bajpayee | Nominated | |||
Best Supporting Actor | Jameel Khan | Nominated | |||
Supporting Actress | Richa Chadda | Nominated | |||
Best Female Debut | Huma Qureshi | Nominated | |||
Best Villain | Tigmanshu Dhulia | Won | |||
Best Ensemble Cast | Gangs of Wasseypur | Won | |||
Best Dialogue | Anurag Kashyap, Zeishan Quadri, Akhilesh & Sachin Ladia | Nominated | |||
Best Editing | Shweta Venkat Matthew | Nominated | |||
Best Cinematography | Rajeev Ravi | Nominated | |||
Best Sound Design | Kunal Sharma , Alok De | Nominated | |||
Best Production Design | Wasiq Khan | Nominated | |||
Best Costume | Subodh Srivastava | Nominated | |||
Best Action | Sham Kaushal | Won |
There was a rumored third part of the franchise, named Gangs of Wasseypur 1.5.[20] However, Director Kashyap discarded the rumors and confirmed there won't be a third part of the franchise.[21]
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