Gangs of Wasseypur is a Hindi crime film directed,co written and produced by Anurag Kashyap about Coal mafia of Dhanbad. The film features an ensemble cast including Jaideep Ahlawat, Manoj Bajpai, Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Richa Chadda in the lead roles. It was screened at the 2012 Directors' Fortnight, an independently-curated, non-competitive event which runs concurrently with the Cannes Film Festival and was favourably received by critics. It releases in India on June 22, 2012. The movie has landed into trouble as the producer Anurag Kashyap does not want to put a disclaimer declaring that the events and circumstances in the film are fictional,against censor boards requirement. The film will be released in two parts as it's a five hour long movie. The trailer of the second part would be shown at the end of the first part.
Director: Anurag Kashyap
Writers: Anurag Kashyap, Sachin K. Ladia
Stars: Jaideep Ahlawat, Manoj Bajpai and Richa Chadda
Towards the end of colonial India, Shahid Khan loots the British
trains, impersonating the legendary Sultana Daku. Now outcast, Shahid
becomes a worker at Ramadhir Singh’s colliery, only to spur a revenge
battle that passes on to generations. At the turn of the decade,
Shahid’s son, the philandering Sardar Khan vows to get his father’s
honor back, becoming the most feared man of Wasseypur. Staying true to
its real life influences, the film explores this revenge saga through
the socio-political dynamic in erstwhile Bihar (North India),
in the coal and scrap trade mafia of Wasseypur, through the imprudence
of a place obsessed with mainstream ‘Bollywood’ cinema.
Towards the end of colonial India, Shahid Khan loots the British
trains, impersonating the legendary Sultana Daku. Now outcast, Shahid
becomes a worker at Ramadhir Singh's colliery, only to spur a revenge
battle that passes on to generations. At the turn of the decade,
Shahid's son, the philandering Sardar Khan vows to get his father's
honor back, becoming the most feared man of Wasseypur. Staying true to
its real life influences, the film explores this revenge saga through
the socio-political dynamic in erstwhile Bihar (North India), in the
coal and scrap trade mafia of Wasseypur, through the imprudence of a
place obsessed with mainstream 'Bollywood' cinema.
