Otherwise the film leaves no room for complaint. But, I guess commercial needs take precedence over my preferences. By watching it in two parts, both films feel incomplete. I would have much rather seen the two parts as one and enjoyed it as one story. The other complaint goes with my complaint against part 1 – it is not a stand alone film. That new characters and themes are still being introduced post-interval didn't help either. It felt like the story was in constant exposition, especially when the voice-over continues the second half. If it weren't for Piyush Mishra's voice and tone, the voice-over would seem never-ending. The choice of narration – it reads like a book, chapter-wise, without smooth flow. Moments and situations like these and the grounded feeling the whole film carries is what make me ignore the two main grouses I have against Gangs of Wasseypur II. As amusing as they might seem, they point at the unachieved dreams of the masses.
And this is where all the Bollywood references fit in. In fact, Faisal is even caught introspecting on why and how he got dragged into it all. The loyalty of the Khans to their main purpose versus the political and convoluted reasons of Singh's men. And the slight difference emerged - their motivations. What is it then that the audience is rooting for? This question bothered me quite a bit because I knew not why I am rooting for these barbarous slayers. A doped-out good-for-nothing son of a goon, turns into a goon. Because the good guys aren't really good either, right? They are murderers, black marketeers, and brutal ones too. The bigger the player taken down, the stronger the sense of victory. So much so that, every time someone from Ramadhir Singh's gang is killed, you can sense the success in the audience. For others, though it is a release for the latent anger, vicarious as it may be. Only that, almost all characters share the same love for hardcore violence, so a viewer who has reservations against blood and gore might do well outside the theater. A character who has gone through what he has gone through, with those motivations is bound to react with that ferocity. Yet, none of it seems misplaced or overdone. Some scenes are so gruesome as if compensating for the few that didn't feature violence. The ruthlessness in the violence is just something else. Though they don't take matters in their own hands, but they surely don't stress over sending their sons to war.
The women too have an undying fire in the belly. We know their motivations, yet we are unsure if and when they will strike. The main players of Wasseypur, Faisal ( Nawazuddin Siddiqui) and Ramadhir Singh ( Tigmanshu Dhulia) keep you wondering about their next move. The smaller characters add flavor and ambiance to the brutal environment they are trying to thrive in. Gangs of Wasseypur II is as much about these seemingly insignificant characters as it is about its revenge-driven protagonists and the looming theme of the futility of violence. A fusion of sorts between grit of a village in Jharkhand and pulp-film style whackiness.
GANGS OF WASSEYPUR – PART 1 CAST MOVIE
Gangs of Wasseypur II is a movie that engages you in its quirkiness because that quirkiness still has bearings with what is real. A movie that uses humor provided by a local brass band singer as a leitmotif to mark all significant events – morose or celebratory. Milliblog - "seems more aligned to Sneha’s Sound Trippin work than the earlier soundtrack, but is still wonderfully eclectic"ĭunkdaft - " Sneha Khanwalkar and the works, impresses yet again."Ī movie that uses a strong, scheming woman, who has very little to do in the rest of the film, as bookends - almost as if she was given the honor of holding the story together. I'm happy to just anticipate this one patiently for now. That besides, of course Anurag Kashyap can be well-depended on for a good film, with a very high chance of a great one. Not to mention Huma Qureshi's Mohsina to bring in that smile every once in a while. Just knowing we have Faizal Khan's character played by Nawazzuddin Siddiqui is reassuring enough. It is good to not know what to expect once in a while too. I have promised myself to not go our looking for the trailers either. They haven't left us with a major cliff-hanger, but there is a promise of a nice, impending closure to the saga of Wasseypur.
GANGS OF WASSEYPUR – PART 1 CAST TV
It's not an epic I am waiting for, it is more like one of those 13 episode thriller TV serials whose season finale I'm waiting for. Come August 8th, the wait shall finally be over.
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