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Gangs of Wasseypur
Original quad poster
Directed by Anurag Kashyap
• Zeishan Quadri
Written by
• Anurag Kashyap
Produced by • Atul Shukla
• Anurag Kashyap
• Sunil Bohra
Starring • Manoj Bajpayee
• Nawazuddin Siddiqui
• Richa Chadda
• Huma Qureshi
• Reema Sen
• Piyush Mishra
• Vineet Kumar Singh
• Pankaj Tripathi
• Tigmanshu Dhulia
• Rajkummar Rao
• Jaideep Ahlawat
Cinematography Rajeev Ravi
Edited by Shweta Venkat
Music by • G. V. Prakash Kumar (score)
• Sneha Khanwalkar (soundtrack)
Production • Anurag Kashyap Films
companies
• Jar Pictures
Distributed by Viacom 18 Motion Pictures
Release dates May 2012 (Cannes)
22 June 2012 (Part 1)
8 August 2012 (Part 2)
Running time 321 minutes[1]
Country India
Language Hindi
Budget ₹18.40 crore[2]
Box office est. ₹70 crore
Gangs of Wasseypur is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language two-part crime film produced and directed
by Anurag Kashyap,[3] 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.It is regarded as one of the best films ever made in
India(till date).
Both parts were originally shot as a single film measuring a total of 321 minutes[1] and screened at
the 2012 Cannes Directors' Fortnight,[4][5][6][7] 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.
Cast[edit]
• Manoj Bajpayee as Sardar Khan, Shahid Khan's only son; Nagma and Durga's
husband; Danish, Faizal, Perpendicular, and Definite's father; Mohsina and Shama's
father in law; Feroz's grandfather.
• Jaideep Ahlawat as Shahid Khan, the patriarch of the Khan family; Sardar's father;
Nagma and Durga's father-in-law; Danish, Faizal, Perpendicular, Definite's
grandfather, Mohsina and Shama's grandfather in law; Feroz's great grandfather.
• Nawazuddin Siddiqui as Faizal Khan, Sardar, and Nagma's second son; Durga's
stepson; Danish, Perpendicular's brother; Definite's stepbrother; Mohsina's husband;
Feroz's father.
• Richa Chadda as Nagma Khatoon, Sardar's first wife; Danish, Faizal, Perpendicular's
mother; Shama and Mohsina's mother in law; Feroz's grandmother.
• Piyush Mishra as Nasir, Shahid Khan's servant, Sardar's sworn uncle, and narrator in
the movie
• Jameel Khan as Asghar Khan, Nasir's nephew, and Sardar's sworn cousin
• Reema Sen as Durga, Sardar's second wife ; Definite's mother; Danish, Faizal,
Perpendicular's stepmother.
• Huma Qureshi as Mohsina Hamid, Faizal's wife
• Zeishan Quadri as Definite Khan, Sardar's third son (from Durga)
• Vineet Kumar Singh as Danish Khan, Sardar's eldest son
• Tigmanshu Dhulia as Ramadhir Singh, a criminal com politician.
• Pankaj Tripathi as Sultan Qureshi, nephew of Sultana Daku, one of Sardar's
enemies.
• Satyakam Anand as J.P Singh, Ramadhir's son
• Vipin Sharma as Ehsan Qureshi, Sultan's uncle
• Pramod Pathak as Sultana Daku / Badoor Qureshi
• Anurita Jha as Shama Parveen, Danish's wife and Sultan's sister
• Sanjay Singh as Fazlu (Faisal khan's friend)
• Rajkummar Rao as Shamshad Alam
• Aditya Kumar as Babu "Babua/Perpendicular" Khan, Sardar's fourth son
• Yashpal Sharma as Occasional Singer (Guest Appearance)
• Vicky Kaushal as silhouette bystander (Cameo Role)[8]
