The village has been historically ruled by the Qureshi Muslims, a sub-caste of animal butchers who are feared by the non-Qureshi Muslims living there and Dhanbad by extension.ĭuring British colonial rule, the British had seized the farm lands of Dhanbad for coal which began the business of coal mining in Dhanbad. In 2000, Wasseypur and Dhanbad were redistricted for a second time into the newly formed state of Jharkhand where they remain. After India gained its independence in 1947, they were carved out of Bengal and redistricted into the state of Bihar in 1956. During the British Raj, Wasseypur and Dhanbad were located in the Bengal region. Nasir's narration describes the history and nature of Wasseypur. The scene cuts abruptly for a prologue by the narrator, Nasir. The leader of the gang then calls one JP Singh (Satya Anand) on his cell phone and reports that the family have been successfully executed but he is double crossed by JP Singh as a fire fight erupts between them and a police check post blocking their escape route. After heavy firing on the house, they retreat away from the crime scene in a vehicle, convinced they have killed everyone within. They surround the house and unleash a wave of bullets and grenades on it with the intention of killing the family inside it.
Gangs of Wasseypur has bagged four nominations, including best film and best director, at the 55th Asia-Pacific Film Festival. Gangs of Wasseypur was screened at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2013. It was released on 25 July in France and on 28 June in the Middle East but was banned in Kuwait and Qatar. Part 1 was released on 22 June 2012 in more than 1000 theatre screens across India. The films soundtrack is heavily influenced by traditional Indian folk songs. The film received an A certification from the Indian Censor Board.
GANGS OF WASSEYPUR – PART 1 CAST PLUS
Centered on the coal mafia of Dhanbad, Jharkhand, and the underlying power struggles, politics and vengeance between three crime families, the Part 1 features Kiran ensemble cast with Manoj Bajpai, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Huma Qureshi, Richa Chadda, Tigmanshu Dhulia in the major roles and its story spans from the early 1940s to mid-1990s.īoth parts were originally shot as a single film measuring a total of 319 minutes and screened at the 2012 Cannes Directors' Fortnight but since no Indian theatre would volunteer to screen a five plus hour movie, it was divided into two parts (160 mins and 159 mins respectively) for the Indian market. The film was theatrically released on 22 June 2012, but was banned in Kuwait and Qatar for violent content.Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 1 (stylised as Gangs of वासेपुर) is a 2012 Indian crime film co-written, produced and directed by Anurag Kashyap. It was filmed in Varanasi, Bihar, and Chunar, with these settings inspiring the film's soundtrack, which consists mainly of Indian folk. It was also screened at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2013.
Gangs of Wasseypur was screened in its entirety at the 2012 Cannes Directors' Fortnight, marking one of the only Hindi-language films to achieve this. Part 1 stars an ensemble cast, featuring Manoj Bajpayee, Richa Chadda, Reema Sen, Piyush Mishra, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Vineet Kumar Singh, Pankaj Tripathi, Huma Qureshi, Anurita Jha and Tigmanshu Dhulia.Īlthough both parts were shot as a single film measuring a total of 319 minutes, no Indian theatre would screen a five-hour film, so it was divided into two parts. It is the first installment of the Gangs of Wasseypur series, centered on the coal mafia of Dhanbad, and the underlying power struggles, politics and vengeance between three crime families from 1941 to the mid-1990s. Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 1 is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language action crime film directed by Anurag Kashyap, and written by Kashyap and Zeishan Quadri.
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