Reference Auto

Response: Anurag Kashyap’s Gangs of Wasseypur 2 bagged super reviews from its critics and even those who flocked to see it were happy but the box office collections present a different tale with the response being feeble (revenue collection was only Rs 28 crore). However, the makers of the low-budget film were happy with this.

Gangs of Wasseypur 2 opened to 30-40 per cent occupancy in various theatres (which is poor) and would have surely rung in the cash registers had Salman Khan starrer Ek Tha Tiger not eaten into its revenue. Total collections on Day I for Gangs of Wasseypur 2 stood at Rs 3 crore.

Film type: Drama.

Cast: Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Huma Qureshi and Tigmanshu Dhulia.

Director: Anurag Kashyup.

Time of movie: About three hours.

Story: Gangs of Wasseypur 2 continues the revenge saga after the macabre murder of the powerful Sardar Khan (played by Manoj Bajpai).

In the film, Sardar’s son Faizal (played by Nawazuddin Siddiqui), the most powerful man in Wasseypur now, has only one aim in life: to kill Ramadhir Singh (played by Tigmanshu Dhulia).

Will Faizal manage to kill Ramadhir?

Review: Sheer brilliance of the actors in Gangs of Wasseypur 2, especially Nawazuddin Siddiqui, will surely bowl you over and the storyline as well as direction have been ingenious. Even the music was brilliant.

The Paperless.in managed to see the video of the film a couple of months after the release. And, we really missed the big screen impact.

Nawazuddin Siddiqui is an actor to reckon with. Right from his acting in Kahaani to the Gangs of Wasseypur sequel, he has been on an upward journey all the way. And, surely more is in store for him. Nawazuddin was well supported by Huma Qureshi and Tigmanshu Dhulia.

But again (similar to Gangs of Wasseypur I), the movie (Gangs of Wasseypur 2) is stretched and somewhat loses direction. Here is where boredom sets in. Had director Anurag Kashyap made Gangs of Wasseypur 2 shorter, it would probably have killed the boredom, and may be, more people would have flocked to watch it.

If you’re the type who wouldn’t mind some high voltage action and violence, then the Wasseypur sequel is the right movie to see (In this, it beats its part I hands down).

Go see it but not with your son or daughter but may be friends and enjoy (as we would call it) some lip-smacking violence. So, even as the response is feeble, Gangs of Wasseypur 2 is really a great movie.

Rating: 4/5.