I had been
waiting for Gangs of Wasseypur like mad since the day it was announced and had
been waiting for it expectantly; I was all over the place with its promotion on
Facebook; in fact some of my friends thought I was being paid for it – but
nothing of that sort, it was just my true love for “Anurag Kashyap” brand of
Cinema and nothing else…I used the watch all the videos/pics/songs posted by
GoW Team within minutes of them being posted and then went ga-ga over them on
FB and posting them left, right & centre. I also downloaded its music and
got lost in the sheer brilliance – what a mind-blowing soundtrack, it was
playing at the loudest of the volumes in my car every day…so much was the
excitement & anticipation…but then one of the biggest bummers of my life
happened!
I watched its
trailer when I went to watch the RGV Disaster named “Department” on the big
screen here in Kuwait and thought (against hope) that it would release here in
Kuwait too but 21 June came and it didn’t release here as the Censors here
didn’t pass it for a release…I was shattered, depressed and distressed – all
together…I somehow consoled myself and waited for the Pirated Camera Print to
come online…and downloaded 2 of them but the print quality was disastrous and I
decided to wait for a good quality print as I didn’t want to spoil and ruin my
GoW Experience by watching a lousy print…
And finally the
proverbial lady luck smiled on me on the night of 30th June …after
watching 9 movies in the weekend (yes, you read it correctly – 9 movies it is!)
we geared up for our GoW Time which had well & truly arrived…Bandita in
true Cinema-experience style popped a pack of Popcorn in the Microwave and we
sat down to get drenched in Anurag Kashyap Magic….the writing was on the wall –
KEH KE LUNGA…And it did all that and even more…
GoW is just
about Anurag Kashyap's vision...to have such an extensive ensemble cast and
still ensuring each getting their optimum screen time is a commendable effort
to say the least....each thing about this movie wreaks of brilliance...be it
the smashing music of Sneha Khanwalkar, the superb Background score composed by
G. V. Prakash Kumar , the storyline (Zeishan Quadri, Akhilesh, Sachin Ladia
& Anurag Kashyap), dialogues, cinematography of Rajeev Ravi and the acting
of the entire cast...
So much research
and hard work has gone into making this movie and all the scenes must have been
well-thought out and planned by the crew…minute details have been paid
attention to and I could not find any glitches in the storyline…all the
characters have been developed painstakingly and you start getting involved in
each one of them…
It is brutal,
dark, violent, abusive and yet funny!!! sheer magic and I was glued to my seat
for the full 2.5 hours of the movie waiting with baited breath for the next
scene to unfold…Helmets off to AK and the entire team who backed his vision and
pumped money into this project…the new phase of Bollywood is well & truly
here and I am very happy to say that its here to stay! And believe me, this
movie isn’t for the sissies out there – it’s gory in its own way (unlike SawJ) and dark all the way through!
Some of the
dialogues are way too awesome…apart from the ones which were publicized on
YouTube there are loads of other equally brilliant ones as well! And I am not
just talking about the Dialogues with Gaalis (Yes I loved them the most but
loved others too) ;)
The song where
Sardar Khan stands on a top of a truck and publicly takes on Ramadhir Singh
while the guy in the pink shirt is dancing as if there is no tomorrow is sheer
brilliance…and the song playing in the background “Kasam paida karne waale
ki”…Hazraat-Hazraat-Hazraat!!!! Crazy stuff indeed…
Manoj Bajpai as
Sardar Khan is menacing in his role and in spite of all his follies (read: love
for violence & immorality) I loved his character...he is brutal when he
kills people, shameless the way he treats his women and his eyes just mean lust
and nothing else when he is around women! Needless to say he is the real star
of the movie and this is one of the best roles of his life…Manoj Bajpai is back
& how!
Richa Chaddha as
Nagma Khatoon is a revelation; in spite of the utter disdain shown by her
husband she loves him unabashedly! superb acting and what a fiery
performance...great to see her back after the "Dolly" Avatar of Oye
Lucky Lucky Oye!
Reemma Sen as Durga looks
a real hottie and the lust for her is all-too-visible in the eyes of Sardar
Khan; she doesn’t have many dialogues but really she never needed them - her
body and eyes did all the talking!
Jaideep Ahlawat
as Shahid Khan is menacing too in his brief role and sets the tone for the
entire movie...the scene where he dies would never go out of my mind! Talk
about Sudden Death ;)
Nawazuddin
Siddiqui as Faizal Khan has started off brilliantly and I am sure he would be
the star of the Part -2 and I hope to see some more romantic extravaganzas with
Mohsina (Huma Qureshi) ;) and I am sure he would have all the Permissions by
then to go all the way!!! His dialogue “jab tak Dileep Kumar hai tab tak
Waheeda Rehman rahegi” is spectacular! And in fact he is the one who takes the
real revenge for the killing of his grandfather and not Sardar Khan as he has
been seen proclaiming in the movie J
Vineet Kumar as
Danish Khan…My favourite scene of him is his “Suhaagraat” scene when he tells
his wife “ santara ko seb kehne se seb thode hi ho jaayega, santra hi na
rahega….sunhara rang, bheeni-bheeni khushbu aur andar se rasedaar” ;)
Huma Qureshi as Mohsina – the Ray Ban
girl is beautiful, rustic and yet modern!!! And yes she likes both colours –
Laal & Hara ;) and Innocence personified….even when she wants Faizal to
touch her but even then she wants to tell him she is the boss!!!!
Pankaj Tripathi
as Sultan Qureshi is controlled yet poignant in his performance; the scene
where he asks for “Automatic Guns” from Ramadhir is brilliant – his understated
style is for all to admire and has set the tone for an encore in the Part 2 and
I am sure he would have a pivotal role in the second installment…glad to see
him back on the big screen after his brief yet important role in Omkara!
Tigmanshu
Dhulia as Ramadhir Singh – What a debut; he couldn’t have asked
for a better start to his Acting career! He is restrained, calm & collected
and yet brings out the expected results in the best possible way!
It was great to
see Aayan Boradia back on the screen as the young Sardar Khan; he was simply
brilliant in Udaan!
Jameel Khan as
Asgar is comical too and plays his part brilliantly of being the right-hand man
of Sardar Khan…
And then there
is the indomitable Yashpal Sharma as the Item Boy singing
“Salaam-e-Ishq”…bloody hilarious…hope its MP3 File is out soon J
Last but not the
least Piyush Mishra as
Farhan who is the right-hand man & caretaker of Sardar Khan and also the
narrator of the movie…as always controlled yet so effective in his
performance…he has also sung, written and composed the beautiful song “Ik
Bagal”…He has also written “Keh Ke Loonga” and “Manmauji”. And then one of his
dialogues when he is talking to Nagma: "Tum sahi ho, woh marad hai,"…WOW
is the word for its poignancy!
Special Mention
to the Music of this film which is nothing short of being master class…the kind
of research & efforts which have gone into it is all too audible!! Sneha
Khanwalkar just like AK is a true maverick in her own way…and each one of the
songs of the Soundtrack is here to stay…my favourites being “O Womaniya” and
“Ik Bagal”…and all the songs are perfectly timed in the movie and take the
story forward…exception being “I am Hunter” which in my opinion was not at all
needed…
The ending lives
up to the theme of the movie – bloody and gory…and the famous & old-age
saying…”you live by the gun and die by the gun”…
I just can’t
wait for GoW – 2 to be released soon and watch the saga unfold further and get
to its conclusion…needless to say it would be another masterpiece from AK and
would be lapped up by us all…KASAM PAIDA KARNE WAALE KI…………………………………
Anurag
Kashyap…keep the great work going and keep making such awesome films…you are
the true maverick of Bollywood…helmets off to you….
Enjoy some posters of GoW..........and keep waiting for GoW - 2!
Till then ride safe & have safe sex…
Hasta la Victoria Siempre & Jai BoP…
5 comments:
Sahi hai bhai
I agree with the detailed attention AK puts to every scene. For me, as with all AK movies, it digresses 30-45 minutes before the end. It was a bit turn-off. But enjoyable still. Loved the "Kasam Paida Karne .." bit. eagerly waiting for 2nd part.
Brilliant is the movie and passionate is your take on the same bro.
I told you - like the rest of the world ;) - didn't I? - it was bloody worth all the wait.
One hell of a movie and waiting for the upcoming part damn eagerly.
Totally agree and the hype and excitement around reminded me so much of our Dev D days. We had not left a single article, trailor or promo unread!! GOW was beyond anything that I've seen lately and I could have happily sat through the 2nd part right after that :) Who cares about time when it's Anurag Kashyap entertaining you? :))
jabardast movie ka jabardast blog, ek - ek scene me jaan hai, hazraat kammaal kar diya ,
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