Anurag Kashyap has time and again proven to be a path breaking director and this time he presents - GANGS OF वासेपुर.
Anurag Kashyap and his team got a chance to screen this 5 hour long ambitious film at the Cannes and they gathered accolades from all, however the team has planned the commercial release of the movie in two parts in India.
The Story is based on true events and locations but the director took his cinematic liberty to play with the names of characters and the flow of story. Much of the film revolves around Sardar Khan (led by Manoj Bajpai) and his vengeance to get his father, Shahid Khan (led by Jaideep Ahlawat) honor back.
Its booming coal industries during the colonial India and chaos begins among contenters from high society to own them while India gets Independence. Shahid Khan starts to loot British goods train impersonating legendary Sultana Daku who does not belong to his caste. Furious with his act the villagers exile him after killing his men. Shahid starts to work as a laborer in one of the coal industry in Dhanbad owned by Ramadhir Singh (led by Tigmanshu Dhulia) and soon becomes his trusted aide. Villagers now fear Shahid. As Ramadhir gets to know Shahids plan to own the coal industry by crushing him and thus Ramadhir gets him assassinated. This sets the theme for the brutal revenge based saga spread across generations on a lawless land of Wasseypur.
Aside from the big name in film that give structure to the story there are bunch of other fabulous character artists that join the dots and take the story watching experience to another level. Actor Piyush Mishra (Gulaal fame) attempts voice over for the first time and it blends in well with the dark theme of the movie and takes the story forward when it really gets cumbersome for the audiences.
It is hard to remember a last Manoj Bajpai starrer movie generating this kind of buzz among audiences and critics at the same time. He was often sidelined while sharing screen pace with the biggies in his recent movies but looks like he finally got the commercial success that he long waited for. He is naughty and polygamous but brutal at the same time and not deviating from his goal in life to de-throne Ramadhir Singh and fulfill his revenge.
You cannot praise enough Anurag Kashyap for his fearless effort that just stands out of traditional Bollywood cinema and gives crude local flavor of north India, dialogues filled with raw maa-bhen filled galore and most importantly not cutting down the story time line to 3 hours pleasing the audience instead he chose to release in two parts that has rarely been tried before.
And, despite the film being dark, ‘GANGS OF वासेपुर’ has an inherent sense of humor that comes quite naturally as the film unfolds. The scenes which really stand out for its hilarious moments are when Reema Sen is charmed by Manoj Bajpayee over her daily chores or the one where Nawazuddin Siddiqui goes on a formal date with Huma Qureshi.
So, if you have been fan of Omkara, Rakht Charitra and recently Pan Singh Tomar then this movie will definitely delight you (don't complain about the length) and if you wait long enough in the theater after all the credits have rolled up you will witness the trailer of the GANGS OF वासेपुर - 2
