Gangs of Wasseypur (2012)

Director:

Anurag Kashyap

Writers:

Anurag Kashyap
Sachin K. Ladia
(more)

Release Date:

2 August 2012 (Singapore)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Plot:

A clash between Sultan (a Qureishi dacoit chief) and Shahid Khan (a Pathan who impersonates him) leads to the expulsion of Khan from Wasseypur, and ignites a deadly blood feud spanning three generations.

Plot Keywords:

Revenge | Gun | Blood | Family Relationships | Train Robber

Awards:

6 wins & 8 nominations

Cast

Manoj Bajpayee	...	Sardar Khan (as Manoj Bajpai)
Richa Chadda	...	Nagma Khatoon
Nawazuddin Siddiqui	...	Faizal Khan
Tigmanshu Dhulia	...	Ramadhir Singh
Jameel Khan	...	Asgar Khan
Piyush Mishra	...	Nasir Ahmed
Jaideep Ahlawat	...	Shahid Khan
Huma Qureshi	...	Mohsina
Zeishan Quadri	...	Definite
Vipin Sharma	...	Ehsaan Qureshi
Satyakam Anand	...	J.P. Singh
Aditya Kumar	...	Perpendicular
Vineet Singh	...	Danish Khan
Raj Kumar Yadav	...	Shamshad
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mukesh Chhabra	...	Nawab Khan
Anurita Jha	...	Shama Parveen
Harish Khanna	...	Yadav ji
Murari Kumar	...	Guddu
Vijesh Rajan	...	Butcher
Reema Sen	...	Durga
Yashpal Sharma
Akash Sinha	...	Definite's Friend
Suhas Sirsat	...	A Singer in Jail
Pankaj Tripathy	...	Sultan
Rohit Pandey	...	Man Who Misinforms Police (uncredited)
Sanjeeva Vatsa	...	Qumar Maqdumi (uncredited)

Directed by
Anurag Kashyap

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Akhilesh Jaiswal
Anurag Kashyap
Sachin K. Ladia
Rutvik Oza
Zeishan Quadri

Produced by
Rakesh Bhagwani	....	line producer
Sunil Bohra	....	producer
Anurag Kashyap	....	producer
Prasanth Kumar	....	line producer
Guneet Monga	....	producer
Ajay Rai	....	co-producer
Meraj Shaikh	....	executive producer: AKFPL
Shubh Shivdasani	....	additional line producer

Original Music by
Sneha Khanwalkar

Cinematography by
Rajeev Ravi

Casting by
Mukesh Chhabra

Production Design by
Wasiq Khan

Production Management
Deep Singh Kakkad	....	assistant production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Neeraj Ghaywan	....	assistant director
Rohit Pandey	....	assistant director
Shlok Sharma	....	second unit director

Art Department
Laxmi Keluskar	....	assistant art director
Tariq Umar Khan	....	art department coordinator

Sound Department
Zahir Bandukwala	....	supervising sound editor
Mishaal Chinai	....	sound effects editor
Maitreya Shah	....	assistant sound editor
Kunal Sharma	....	sound designer
Sreejesh	....	sound re-recording mixer

Special Effects by
Gagan Vishwakarma	....	special effects supervisor

Visual Effects by
Avnish	....	opening title sequence
Mahendra Goley	....	compositor
Prakash Joseph	....	matte painting
Rajiv Joseph	....	compositing lead
Santosh Kale	....	digital effects
Antony Prabhu	....	digital effects
Vijesh Rajan	....	opening title sequence design
Punit S. Upadhyaya	....	compositor
Dhanendra Sahu	....	compositor
Balakrishna P. Subaiah	....	compositing lead

Camera and Electrical Department
Soumyajit Nandy	....	still photographer (as Soumyajit Toto Nandy)

Casting Department
Aakash Dahiya	....	casting associate

Editorial Department
Kunjan Oza	....	smoke artist

Music Department
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan	....	playback singer
Wajid Ali	....	playback singer
Mohammed Aziz	....	playback singer
Usri Banerjee	....	playback singer
Sunidhi Chauhan	....	playback singer
Durga	....	playback singer
Shreya Ghoshal	....	playback singer
Varun Grover	....	lyricist
Rekha Jha	....	playback singer
Sneha Khanwalkar	....	playback singer
Deepak Kumar	....	playback singer (as Deepak Kumar-Muzzafarpur)
Piyush Mishra	....	lyricist
Piyush Mishra	....	playback singer
Sonu Nigam	....	playback singer
Ranjeet Baal Party	....	playback singer
Khushboo Raaj	....	playback singer
Rajneesh	....	playback singer
Shaan	....	playback singer
Shyamoo	....	playback singer
Bhupesh Singh	....	playback singer
Mika Singh	....	playback singer
Shraddha Sinha	....	playback singer
Vedesh Sookoo	....	playback singer
Sujeet	....	playback singer (as Sujeet Gaya)
Manish J. Tipu	....	playback singer (as Manish Tipu)
Manoj Tiwari	....	playback singer
Amit Trivedi	....	playback singer
Akshay Verma	....	playback singer

Other crew
Navmeet Singh	....	location manager (as Navmeet Arora)

Production Companies

• Jar Pictures (in association with)
• AKFPL
• Tipping Point Films
• Viacom18 Motion Pictures

Distributors

• Happiness Distribution (2012) (France) (theatrical)
• MVP Entertainment (2012) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Mara Pictures (12-13) (UK) (theatrical)

Also Known As:

"G.O.W." - International (English title) (promotional abbreviation)

Runtime:

320 min (2 parts)

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | Datasat

Certification:

Singapore:M18 | India:A (second part) | India:U/A (first part)

Filming Locations:

Varanasi, India

Company:

Jar Pictures

Trivia:

Feature director Tigmanshu Dhulia's acting debut.

Goofs:

Incorrectly regarded as goofs: Moharram, a Shia rite is celebrated in the Sunni dominated Wasseypur. But the celebration of moharram procession passes from a lot of areas in and around the city, and for that matter a lot of sunni dominated areas also celebrate moharram as much as Shias do.

Quotes:

Sultan:This is Wasseypur. Here, even a pigeon flies with one wing, and uses the other to guard his innocence.

Movie Connections:

References Deewaar (1975)

Soundtrack:

Tain Tain To To

Hardcore reality presented in an Honest Plate

Bollywood movies are generally based on fantasy and imagination. Where the audience is made familiar with the characters which he 'wishes' to be.

Gangs Of Wasseypur Adopts a different Approach.It makes the Audience identify with reality and makes familiar with the characters that 'are' around him.

Being from wasseypur in dhanbad i was super excited to watch the movie based on my locality. i had presumed the movie might be 'inspired' by the gang wars, but no movie is 90% the actual story of the town.

The movie has penetrating dialogues, harsh naked truth characters and language. Manoj Bajpayee's acting was breath taking. the scenes are still vivid even after 2 days of watching the movie. His Chemistry with the character 'Durga' was awesome.

'sardar khan's interaction with ramadhir singh in the movie is very interesting.

The movie was brilliant in first half. The only place where the movie could improve is that there are so many characters that a normal audience will be confused and may just lose the plot. One needs to watch the movie carefully.

9/10 to the movie made about my locality. Wasseypur Zindabad!