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* [[Huma Qureshi (actress)|Huma Qureshi]]

* [[Sanjay Singh]]

| released      = {{Film date|df=yes|2012|05||[[2012 Cannes Film Festival|Cannes]]|2012|06|22}}

| budget        = ₹ 356 million

| gross          = ₹ 1.540 billion

'''''Gangs of Wasseypur''''' (stylised as '''''Gangs of वासेपुर''''') is a 2012 [[Cinema of India|Indian]] two-part [[crime film]] produced and directed by [[Anurag Kashyap]],<ref>{{cite book |title=International Film Guide 2012 |first=Ian Hayden |last=Smith |year= 2012 |isbn= 978-1908215017 |page= 141 }}<!--|access-date=29 August 2012--></ref> and written by Kashyap and [[Zeishan Quadri]]. Centered on the [[Mafia Raj|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]], [[Richa Chadda]], [[Huma Qureshi (actress)|Huma Qureshi]] and [[Tigmanshu Dhulia]] in the major roles. Its story spans 68 years from 1941 to 2009.  

''[[Subramaniapuram]]'' was the primary inspiration for the project.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/others/news-interviews/Anurags-next-inspired-by-Subramaniapuram/articleshow/6960354.cms|title=Anurag's next inspired by Subramaniapuram - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref> Both parts were originally shot as a single film measuring a total of 321 minutes<ref name=Runtime/> and screened at the 2012 [[Cannes Film Festival|Cannes]] [[Directors' Fortnight]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Anurag Kashyap's Gangs of Wasseypur selected for Directors' Fortnight at Cannes |url=http://dearcinema.com/news/anurag-kashyaps-gangs-of-wasseypur-selected-for-directors-fortnight-at-cannes/4444 |access-date=24 April 2012 |newspaper=DearCinema.com |date=24 April 2012 |agency=DearCinema |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120427000920/http://dearcinema.com/news/anurag-kashyaps-gangs-of-wasseypur-selected-for-directors-fortnight-at-cannes/4444 |archive-date=27 April 2012 |df=dmy }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Gangs of Wasseypur: World premiere at Cannes|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/gangs-of-wasseypur-world-premiere-at-cannes/251742-8-66.html|access-date=24 April 2012|newspaper=IBN Live|date=24 April 2012|agency=IANS}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Leffler|first=Rebecca|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/michel-gondry-cannes-film-festival-directors-fortnight-314985|title=Cannes 2012: Michel Gondry's 'The We & The I' to Open Director's Fortnight|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|access-date=2012-04-25|date=24 April 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.quinzaine-realisateurs.com/2012-selection-h201.html |title=2012 Selection |work=quinzaine-realisateurs.com |publisher=[[Directors' Fortnight]] |access-date=2012-04-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426224019/http://www.quinzaine-realisateurs.com/2012-selection-h201.html |archive-date=26 April 2012 |df=dmy }}</ref> but, since no Indian theatre would volunteer to screen a more-than-five-hour film, it was split into two parts for that market.

* [[Manoj Bajpayee]] as Sardar Khan, Shahid Khan's son

* [[Nawazuddin Siddiqui]] as Faizal Khan, Sardar's second son

* [[Richa Chadda]] as Nagma Khatun, Sardar's first wife

* [[Huma Qureshi (actress)|Huma Qureshi]] as Mohsina Hamid, Faizal's wife

* [[Reema Sen]] as Durga, Sardar's second wife

* [[Sanjay Singh]] as Fazalu (Faisal khan's friend)

* [[Piyush Mishra]] as Nasir, Sardar's uncle, and narrator in the movie

* [[Jaideep Ahlawat]] as Shahid Khan, the patriarch of the Khan family.

* [[Pramod Pathak]] as Sultana Daku / Sharif Qureshi

* [[Zeishan Quadri]] as Definite Khan, Sardar's third son

* [[Tigmanshu Dhulia]] as Ramadhir Singh, a criminal cum politician.

 

[[Review aggregator]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]] reports that the film holds a 97% approval rating, based on 30 reviews, with an [[Weighted arithmetic mean|average score]] of 8.2/10. The website's critics consensus reads: "More than five hours go by in a blink in this frantic Indian crime epic that spans generations and encompasses hundreds of characters in a bloody spiral of brutality, all masterfully filmed by Anurag Kashyap."<ref>{{Citation|title=Gangs of Wasseypur (2012)|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/gangs_of_wasseypur|language=en|access-date=13 March 2021}}</ref> The film holds a [[Metacritic]] score of 89 based on 10 reviews, indicating "[u]niversal acclaim".<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/gangs-of-wasseypur |title = Gangs of Wasseypur}}</ref>  

Critic [[Danny Bowes (writer)|Danny Bowes]] of [[RogerEbert.com]] 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 [[Francis Ford Coppola|Coppola]]'s first two ''[[The Godfather|Godfather]]'' films, or [[Sergio Leone|Leone]]'s ''[[Once Upon a Time in America]]''."<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/gangs-of-wasseypur-2015 | title=Gangs of Wasseypur Movie Review (2015) &#124; Roger Ebert}}</ref> [[Salon (website)|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."<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.salon.com/control/2015/01/16/gangs_of_wasseypur_is_indias_explosive_crime_epic_the_next_oldboy/ |title = "Gangs of Wasseypur": India's explosive crime epic may be the next "Oldboy"|date = 16 January 2015}}</ref> [[Martin Scorsese]], one of Kashyap's influences on the films, sent a letter to Kashyap, offering praise, stating that he "loved them", even expressing a desire to meet him. The movie was also inspired by the 2002 film ''[[City_of_God_(2002_film)|City of God]]''.

In 2019, ''[[The Guardian]]'' ranked ''Gangs of Wasseypur'' in 59th place in its 100 best films of the 21st century list.<ref>{{cite web |title=The 100 best films of the 21st century |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/sep/13/100-best-films-movies-of-the-21st-century |website=The Guardian |access-date=17 September 2019}}</ref>

==Awards and Nominations==

| [[Huma Qureshi (actress)|Huma Qureshi]]

| rowspan=2" |''[[Gangs of Wasseypur]]''

|style="text-align:center;" rowspan="10" |<ref>{{cite news|title=58th Idea Filmfare Awards nominations are here! |url=http://www.filmfare.com/news/58th-idea-filmfare-awards-nominations-are-here-2123.html |work=[[Filmfare]] |date=13 January 2013 |access-date=31 January 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141227075057/http://www.filmfare.com/news/58th-idea-filmfare-awards-nominations-are-here-2123.html |archive-date=27 December 2014 }}</ref><br /><ref>{{cite web|title=Winners of 58th Idea Filmfare Awards 2012 |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/celebrities/features/type/view/id/4432 |publisher=Bollywood Hungama |date=20 January 2013 |access-date=23 January 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130123055038/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/celebrities/features/type/view/id/4432 |archive-date=23 January 2013 }}</ref>

| [[Filmfare Critics Award for Best Film |Best Film (Critics)]]

| [[Huma Qureshi (actress)|Huma Qureshi]]

|style="text-align:center;" rowspan="11" |<ref>{{cite web|title=IIFA 2013 Technical Awards Winners |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/features/type/view/id/5020/IIFA%202013%20Technical%20Awards%20Winners |publisher=Bollywood Hungama |access-date=21 May 2013 |date=21 May 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130826143745/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/features/type/view/id/5020/IIFA%202013%20Technical%20Awards%20Winners |archive-date=26 August 2013 }}</ref>

| [[Huma Qureshi (actress)|Huma Qureshi]]

| [[IIFA Award for Best Music Director |Best Music Director]]

| [[IIFA Award for Best Dialogue| Best Dialogue]]

| [[IIFA Award for Best Action| Best Action]]

| [[National Film Award for Best Audiography| Best Audiography]]

|style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2" |<ref name="60thaward">{{cite press release|title=60th National Film Awards Announced|url=http://pib.nic.in/archieve/others/2013/mar/d2013031801.pdf|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|access-date=31 December 2014}}</ref>

|style="text-align:center;" rowspan="15" |<ref>{{cite web|title=Nominations: 19th Annual Colors Screen Awards |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/features/type/view/id/4359 |publisher=Bollywood Hungama |date=2 January 2013 |access-date=1 January 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130105020213/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/features/type/view/id/4359 |archive-date= 5 January 2013 }}</ref>

| [[Huma Qureshi (actress)|Huma Qureshi]]

| [[Screen Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role| Best Villain]]

| Kunal Sharma , Alok De

==Rumored Sequel==

There was a rumored third part of the franchise, named ''Gangs of Wasseypur 1.5''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/kahaani-and-gangs-of-wasseypur-to-get-third-installments/articleshow/55970127.cms|title=Kahaani and Gangs Of Wasseypur to get third installments|first1=Avinash|last1=Lohana|author2=Natasha Coutinho|date=Dec 14, 2016|website=Mumbai Mirror}}</ref> However, Director Kashyap discarded the rumors and confirmed there won't be a third part of the franchise.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatimes.com/entertainment/anurag-kashyap-confirms-gangs-of-wasseypur-3-will-never-happen-we-re-a-little-bummed-out-353517.html|title=Anurag Kashyap Confirms 'Gangs Of Wasseypur 3' Will Never Happen & We're A Little Bummed Out|date=22 September 2018|website=indiatimes.com}}</ref>