Overview
{{Infobox film
| name = Gangs of Wasseypur
| image = Gangs of Wasseypur.jpg
| caption = Original quad poster
| director = Anurag Kashyap
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| writer =
| starring =
| music =
| cinematography = Rajeev Ravi
| editing = Shweta Venkat
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| distributor = Viacom 18 Motion Pictures
| released = May 2012 (Cannes) 22 June 2012 (Part 1) 8 August 2012 (Part 2)
| runtime = 321 minutes<ref name=Runtime>{{cite web|title=GANS OF WASSEYPUR – PART 1 (15) |url=http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/gangs-wasseypur-2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130419202946/http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/gangs-wasseypur-2013 |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 April 2013 |work=British Board of Film Classification |access-date=9 February 2013 }}</ref>
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget = crore
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}}Gangs of Wasseypur is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language two-part epic crime film produced and directed by Anurag Kashyap, and written by Kashyap and Zeishan Quadri. Centered on the coal mafia (Mafia Raj) of Dhanbad, and the underlying power struggles, politics and vengeance between three crime families, the film has an ensemble cast, with Manoj Bajpai, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Pankaj Tripathi, Richa Chadda, Huma Qureshi and Tigmanshu Dhulia in the major roles. Its story spans 68 years from 1941 to 2009.
Both parts were originally shot as a single film measuring a total of 321 minutes and screened at the 2012 Cannes Directors' Fortnight, but, since no Indian theatre would volunteer to screen a more-than-five-hour film, it was split into two parts for that market.
Both films received critical acclaim and were commercially successful at boxoffice. It has gained a huge cult following over the years due to its dark humor, it's experimental soundtrack and the type of raw and realistic filmmaking not done by any Bollywood film before. In 2019, The Guardian listed it 59th on the 100 greatest movies of the 21st century.
Cast
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