Gangs Of Wasseypur 2012 Hindi Film Review(First On Net)

Gangs Of Wasseypur Movie Review
Sardar Khan (Manoj Bajpayee), a local goon of Dhanbad has a two point agenda in life, kill all Qureshis of the badlands of Wasseypur, a region of Dhanbad district, which shifted from Bengal to Bihar and finally to Jharkhand post-independence and avenge the death of his father Shahid Khan (Jaideep Khan) by the hands of a coal mine owner turned politician Ramadhir Singh (Tigmanshu Dhulia). Aided by his two henchmen Nasir (Piyush Mishra) and Asgar Khan (Jameel Khan), and armed with locally made bombs and guns he terrorizes the bad lands.

Other than his insatiable urge to seek revenge, Sardar Khan has an insatiable urge of intimacy with women. Replete with lust, despite being married to Nagma (Richa Chaddha) and having had three sons with her, he goes onto falling for another woman, Durga (Reema Sen) and marries her too to have yet another son. Nagma’s sons Danish and Faizal grow up to join their father’s business. Nawazuddin Siddiqui who plays Faizal’s role juxtaposes the men of Wasseypur by choosing weed over guns, movies over revenge. An intriguing character to take off the second part of this epic creation.

Film: Gangs of Wasseypur
Starring: Manoj Bajpai,Nawazuddin Siddiqui ,Jaideep Ahlawat ,Reemma Sen
Director: Anurag Kashyap
Producer: Anurag Kashyap, Sunil Bohra, Viacom 18
Banner: Viacom 18 Motion Pictures, Utv Motion Pictures
Music: Sneha Khanwalkar
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Story:
In the present times, its only easy to say that one has to be foolish enough to plan a 5 hour long film, cut it in two and release the first part that’s 2hrs 48mins long itself. Ram Gopal Varma tried it with Rakht Charitra and tasted dirt with his first offering itself leave alone the merciless debacle of the second. But expect Anurag Kashyap to be as Dabangg (fearless) as his film itself and he would never disappoint you.

Anurag weaves a revenge saga of epic proportions that goes on for three generations. He doesn’t brusquely shrug off any era and very carefully and patiently establishes his characters and settings almost making his first half, replete of intercuts and jump cuts, overbearing on the senses. But easier said than done, for a character-driven film it’s only fair to let the characters breathe and come out strong in a bid to make the story convincing.

The first half only gets spent in building the characters with the backdrop of pre and post independence era giving rise to the coal mafias in the badlands of Wasseypur, a region of Dhanbad district, which shifted from Bengal to Bihar and finally to Jharkhand post-independence. At timely gaps, Kashyap throws one new character with a new twist and you are left to keep up with his pace, which surprisingly is only slick but not fast, else you get lost in the story itself.

However, despite the goriness and harsh gang wars, the maker expertly infuses infectious humour mostly with the help of the idiosyncrasies of his characters. The sequences of Manoj Bajpayee wooing Reema Sen or locally getting his bombs and guns manufactured form the most hilarious parts in the film.

Performances:
If there’s one reason for this film to just keep you glued to your seats it’s the characterization and performances. The casting is near perfect and characters fleshed out intricately, with each shaping the film in some way or the other and the complete credit goes to Kashyap and his gang of writers including Syed Zeishan Quadri, Akhilesh Jaiswal and Sachin Ladia.

Manoj Bajpayee shines out as the maverick, lecherous, morally depraved and fearless goon on the loose to seek revenge in his own daring style of “Keh Ke Lunga”. Matching up to him are his aides Piyush Mishra and Jameel Khan.

Casting wins a full 10 in the case of Tigmanshu Dhulia who’s younger version can easily pass off for a Jr. Dhulia himself. And Tigmanshu himself remains a revelation. It’s just awe-worthy for a filmmaker to make for such a brilliant actor. Nawazuddin is yet another perfect part in this ensemble.

Despite being a predominantly male storyline, the women in the film too don’t get wasted. Richa Chaddha as Nagma brings out the insecurities as well as strengths of the women of those times based in the badlands just commendably. Even Reema Sen as a sensuous temptress makes for a perfect cast.

Music/Cinematography/Editing:
Yet another win-win in the hands of Anurag Kashyap comes in the name of music composer Sneha Khanwalkar, probably the fifth female composer in the history of music industry. She packs a heady mix of folk, rustic, lounge and rural music for a music album that blends effortlessly as the backdrop of proceedings in the film.

Cinematography wise too Anurag brings out the best. The entire backdrop almost becomes in a character in the film and is shot beautifully, ironically making beautiful also an ironical statement for the rustic setting.

Editing though however, could’ve been tad crisper to reduce few minutes from the film.

Final Word:
Gangs of Wasseypur is an unabashed entertainer and wouldn’t be wrong to term it a Jharkhandi City Of God!