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However, Director Kashyap discarded the rumors and confirmed there won't be a third part of the franchise. There was a rumored third part of the franchise, named Gangs of Wasseypur 1.5. Awards and nominations AwardĪnurag Kashyap, Zeishan Quadri, Akhilesh & Sachin Ladia In 2019, The Guardian ranked Gangs of Wasseypur in 59th place in its 100 best films of the 21st century list. The movie was also inspired by the 2002 film City of God. Ĭritic Danny Bowes of called it "ne of the most ambitious gangster films ever made, and quite possibly one of the best", writing that it is "worthy of discussion alongside Coppola's first two Godfather films, or Leone's Once Upon a Time in America." Salon's Andrew O'Hehir wrote: "As a rich and exuberant character-driven crime saga in an idiom you absolutely have not encountered before, and a dense, unsentimental portrayal of the collision between democracy, capitalism, and gangsterism on the frayed margins of the post-colonial world, Gangs of Wasseypur is a signal achievement in 21st-century cinema." Martin Scorsese, one of Kashyap's influences on the films and personal heroes, sent a letter to Kashyap, offering praise, stating that he "loved them", even expressing a desire to meet him. The website's critics' consensus reads: "More than five hours go by in a blink in this frantic Indian crime epic that spans generations and encompasses hundreds of characters in a bloody spiral of brutality, all masterfully filmed by Anurag Kashyap." The film holds a Metacritic score of 89 based on 10 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reports that the film holds a 97% approval rating, based on 31 reviews, with an average score of 8.2/10. Main article: Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 2 Critical reception
Yashpal Sharma as Occasional Singer (Guest Appearance).
Aditya Kumar as Babu "Babua/Perpendicular" Khan, Sardar's fourth son.
Sanjay Singh as Fazalu (Faisal khan's friend).
Anurita Jha as Shama Parveen, Danish's wife and Sultan's sister.
Pramod Pathak as Sultana Daku / Badoo Qureshi.
Vipin Sharma as Ehsan Qureshi, Sultan's uncle.
Satyakam Anand as J.P Singh, Ramadhir's son.
Pankaj Tripathi as Sultan Qureshi, nephew of Sultana Daku, one of Sardar's enemies.
Tigmanshu Dhulia as Ramadhir Singh, a criminal cum politician.
Vineet Kumar Singh as Danish Khan, Sardar's eldest son.
Zeishan Quadri as Definite Khan, Sardar's third son (from Durga).
Huma Qureshi as Mohsina Hamid, Faizal's wife.
Reema Sen as Durga, Sardar's second wife.
Jameel Khan as Asghar Khan, Sardar's cousin.
Piyush Mishra as Nasir, Sardar's uncle, and narrator in the movie.
Richa Chadda as Nagma Khatun, Sardar's first wife.
Nawazuddin Siddiqui as Faizal Khan, Sardar's second son.
Jaideep Ahlawat as Shahid Khan, the patriarch of the Khan family.
Manoj Bajpayee as Sardar Khan, Shahid Khan's only son.