But Gangs of Wasseypur goes beyond that, it has characters who represent dissent - to them truce is not an option, never. Yes, it does try to make the same ol' point that revenge films have always tried - that it is futile because too many people on all sides die too gory a death. Strong women who aren't lead ladies by Hindi film standards - they are proud of how brutally the men of their lives use power against the entire world (except for them), a staunch friend, a few double crossers, sons who find it difficult to get out of their dad's shadow even though they hate him, all don’t let Gangs of Wasseypur remain a standard revenge saga. You can't but wonder how his experiences as a son might have changed the equation with his sons.
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The dry humor used only adds to that judgement. Yet he is tender at heart for the people he really cares about. He almost always comes across as the underdog because of the situations that he gets himself into and often he looks like he is making a fool of himself. An anti-hero as a protagonist who finds it difficult to go without sexual release. While Gangs of Wasseypur touts itself as a revenge saga, you will realize it is a lot more. Almost as a pointer to the Bollywood-centric theme that part II is promised to have. At the same time, humor is infused and character of the film is built with time references to various films along the way. You can't even call it the underworld because the perpetrators are so blatant about the fear they want to induce with their power. Gangs of Wasseypur is a story Wasseypur's story, where Wasseypur itself represents the many small towns in this country that suffer at the hands of politicians and goons. Many a time it does come across as a docu-drama that Anurag Kashyap wants to use to document the messed up system that most of India lived in since independence. It is almost ironical when the voice behind that tone, Piyush Mishra is consoling a woman whose husband has cheated on her comment on her destiny. In typical documentary tone you are told how Wasseypur has moved from Bengal to Bihar to now Jharkhand over 40-odd years. Much like its characters, Wasseypur has been pushed from here to there at hands of destiny and the world has been very matter-of-factly about it. Of course, that too needs a genius, but that would be a genius that would continuously learn, and it seems Sneha Khanwalkar is one such genius. Happy Sing - "In fact the album tells me that music not always needs to be ‘composed’, you can ‘discover’ music and then produce it. Milliblog - " Gangs of Wasseypur is one of the most original and imaginative soundtracks in recent times!"ĭunkdaft - "Such a fantstatic soundtrack that is part innovative part funny and overall awesome!"īollyspice - "We went with 4.5 but to be honest I am seriously leaning toward our highest ever rating of 5/5!" fingers crossed with a loud heartbeat that's only speeding up. So, as I leave you with the music reviews, I cross my fingers that Gangs of Wasseypur is not one of those movies where the director whose films you really look forward to ends up disappointing you. My personal favorite for being completely mental is 'tain tain to to.' The entire team has lost it by having too much fun. And this risk paid off because the madness has become really popular. While I'm not a huge fan of innuendo, 'hunter' tune has really gotten to me.
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Just in case, any of us had any doubt about Anurag Kashyap's love for taking risk, just listen to the soundtrack once. Here's hoping Gangs of Wasseypur will do it with a captivating narrative and detailed characters.
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Doing it in two parts with story spread over a few decades is likely to re-register the age old conclusion that gangster films try to make - war is futile, revenge is futile. You can tell the characters relish humiliating each other.
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You can see the ganglord's ( Manoj Bajpai) character growth even in the trailers. In many ways, it looks like it will be our heartland's own Godfather. Should we admire this as confidence or get cynical about over-confidence? Should we snub at it as arrogance or for once admire the guts behind the arrogance? Even if it's not all at one go, and the two parts are split two weeks apart, it is a huge risk. There's dark humor, there's gory violence, there's supposedly material worth over 5 hours of run-time. I want to love the film I want everyone to love the film well, I want everyone to excitedly wait for the film - which is why I have to watch myself closely for biases when reviewing it.Īnyway, enough about my emotions, let's get to the film. If there's one name I'd like to blindly follow and watch every film that he had anything to do with, it would have to be Anurag Kashyap's.