Gangs of Wasseypur

Gangs of Wasseypur
Directed by	Anurag Kashyap
Produced by	Atul Shukla Anurag Kashyap Sunil Bohra Viacom 18 Motion Pictures
Written by	Zeishan Quadri Akhilesh Sachin Ladia Anurag Kashyap Akhilesh Jaiswal
Starring	Manoj Bajpai Jaideep Ahlawat Nawazuddin Siddiqui Huma Qureshi Tigmanshu Dhulia Vineet Kumar Singh Piyush Mishra Pankaj Tripathi Richa Chadda Reemma Sen
Music by	Sneha Khanwalkar (soundtrack) G. V. Prakash Kumar (score)
Cinematography	Rajeev Ravi
Edited by	Shweta Venkat
Production company	Anurag Kashyap Films Jar Pictures Elle Driver Productions \
Distributed by	Viacom 18 Motion Pictures
Release dates	May 2012 (2012-05) (Cannes) 22 June 2012 (2012-06-22) (India)
Running time	160 minutes[1]
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Gangs of Wasseypur (stylised as Gangs of वासेपुर) is a 2012 Indian two-part crime film co-written, produced and directed by Anurag Kashyap.^[2] Centered on the coal mafia of Dhanbad, and the underlying power struggles, politics and vengeance between three crime families, the Part 1 features 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. Both parts were originally shot as a single film measuring a total of 319 minutes and screened at the 2012 Cannes Directors' Fortnight^[3][4][5][6] but since no Indian theatre would volunteer to screen a five plus hour film, it was divided into two parts for the Indian market.

Cast

Parts

Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 1

Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 2

References

External links

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