Rao played Shamshad, Faizal's (Nawazuddin) partner turned foe. Many people will consider 'Shahid' to be Rajkummar Rao's claim to fame, but he had already made his presence felt with his powerful performance in 'Love Sex Aur Dhokha', followed by 'Gangs'. Richa Chadha has been promised the role of Durga by Anurag Kashyap, but it went went to Reema Sen because nobody was ready to play Sardar's first wife, Nagma Khatoon, and it was Richa who saved the day for Kashyap as she did complete justice to the part. Ahlawat followed his success in 'Gangs of Wasseypur' with 'Commando: A One Man Army', 'Gabbar Is Back', 'Raazi' and 'Paatal Lok'. A product of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Ahlawat had been referred to Kashyap by Manoj Bajpayee during the initial narration. Post his appearance in the film, he went on to star in some of the most loved films and web series, from 'Newton', 'Masaan', 'Dilwale' and 'Ludo' to 'Mirzapur' and 'Sacred Games'.Īnother actor who turned out to be a bankable name is Jaideep Ahlawat, who played Shahid Khan, Sardar Khan's father. A former NSD alumnus, just like Nawaz, Pankaj was struggling to find work before 'Gangs of Wasseypur'. Pankaj Tripathi, who essayed the role of the butcher Sultan with a penchant for gore, also acquired a massive fan following. He went on to be featured in some of the biggest films of the 2010s, sharing the big screen with the likes of Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir and Salman. The success of 'Gangs of Wasseypur', clubbed with 'Kahaani' and 'Talaash: The Answer Lies Within', catapulted the actor to stardom. Nawazuddin, who earlier got small roles and struggled for nearly a decade, became an overnight star, courtesy of his powerhouse acting which was both realistic and robust to say the least. Other artistes, who benefited from the film and have gone on to rule the roost every since, include a string of now-celebrated talents. The only exception was 'Dev D', which in a way helped the director generate the recall value for the Manoj Bajpayee and Nawazuddin Siddiqui-starrer 'Gangs of Wasseypur'. It came as a big relief for him, as his earlier films either never saw the light of day ('Paanch'), or were banned ('Black Friday'), or were simply sleeper hits ('Gulaal'). The film also stands as Kashyap's biggest hit till date. Kashyap at once became the poster boy of the post-2000s parallel film movement in the country.
The film, spanning three generations beginning from pre-Independence India under colonial rule to modern-day India, tells the story of generational revenge, power struggles, politics and survival.
The two-part gangster crime drama, which was initially shot as a single film of 321 minutes, not just turned the fortunes on their head for Kashyap, but also for everyone involved with the film. which celebrated its 10th anniversary on Monday, belongs to the second category. Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap's magnum opus 'Gangs of Wasseypur. Wearing saree-sindoor-mangalsutra Urvashi Rautela writes, 'Prem mein padi premika ko.Mumbai, Aug 8 (IANS) There are films - and then there are cult classics.Urfi Javed and Anjali Arora show some killer dance moves troll writes, 'Bakwas song.Akshara Singh shares happy pictures with Sonu Sood: 'Ishwar ke bande se mulaqat' 00:42.Bhojpuri actress Namrata Malla stuns fans with her killer dance moves 00:56.It also starred Tigmanshu Dhulia, Reema Sen, Mishra, Vineet Kumar Singh, Zeishan Quadri and Jameel Khan. Manoj Bajpayee and Nawazuddin Siddiqui, who was an emerging talent at that time, played the leads in the film series.
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The trust put in his team of mostly newcomers was so liberating that I still keep looking for that kind of good faith based collaboration in everything I do," Grover, who went on to reunite with Kashyap on 'Raman Raghav 2.0' and 'Sacred Games', captioned the pictures.Ĭentered on the coal mafia of Dhanbad, now in Jharkhand, set between 1941 to the mid-1990s, 'Gangs of Wasseypur' film series is remembered for a stellar performance by the ensemble cast, quotable dialogues, memorable lyrics and cracking music. GANGS OF WASSEYPUR will always be the most special film of my career. "Ten years to the world premiere of a film that opened gates to this industry for many of us. A post shared by Varun Grover National Award winner thanked Kashyap for giving him a chance to collaborate on a film like 'Gangs of Wasseypur' which has attained cult status over the years and helped nurture the then newer talent such as actors Richa Chadha, Qureshi, Rajkummar Rao, Pankaj Tripathi and Jaideep Ahlawat, and music composer Sneha Khanwalkar.