Gangs of Wasseypur (stylized as Gangs of Wasseypur) is an Indian crime film series co-written, produced and directed by Anurag Kashyap. Both series centers around power struggles, politics and vengeance between three crime families. The film features Jaideep Ahlawat, Manoj Bajpai, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Richa Chadda and Huma Qureshi as the ambitious crime family from Wasseypur. The story of part one spans from the early 1940s to late 1990s while part two continues till 2009.

Is a crime movie which gets to the roots of the people and explains why they are the way they are.

The movie story goes like this, towards the end of colonial India, Shahid Khan loots the British trains, impersonating the legendary Sultana Daku. Now outcast, Shahid becomes a worker at Ramadhir Singh’s colliery, only to spur a revenge battle that passes on to generations.

At the turn of the decade, Shahid’s son, the philandering Sardar Khan vows to get his father’s honor back, becoming the most feared man of Wasseypur.

Directed by     Anurag Kashyap
Produced by     Anurag Kashyap
Sunil Bohra
Written by     Zeishan Quadri[1]
Akhilesh
Sachin Ladia
Anurag Kashyap
Starring     Jaideep Ahlawat
Tigmanshu Dhulia
Manoj Bajpai
Piyush Mishra
Richa Chadda
Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Reemma Sen
Huma Qureshi
Music by     Sneha Khanwalkar (soundtrack)
G. V. Prakash Kumar (score)
Cinematography     Rajeev Ravi
Distributed by     Viacom 18 Motion Pictures
Release date(s)    

    May 2012 (Cannes)
    June 22, 2012 (Part 1)
    August 8, 2012 (Part 2)

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Running time     160 minutes
320 minutes (Shared with Part 2)
Country     India
Language     Hindi