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Anurag Kashyap’s Gangs Of Wasseypur has opened to some good reviews from the critics. The reviews are still pouring in but from the initial reports it seems that the director and the actors have delivered a spectacular performance in the movie. Most of the reviews have applauded actor Manjo Bajpayee and director Anurag Kashyap for their sincere efforts.
We will be updating the page with more reviews as they come in. Stay tuned!
Here is a quick look at the reviews so far.
Total Reviews: 7
4 stars: 1
3.5 stars: 5
2.5 stars: 1
Filmfare 4 stars: The film is set in North India; so needless to say, cuss words are aplenty. The witty repartee and exceptional comic timing in particular scenes take the movie to another level. Also, fabulous music by Sneha Khanwalkar and gritty background score by GV Prakash gives the film a retro mood that smartly shifts gears into folk. In terms of storytelling, GOW is surely entertaining but isn’t fearless. The film doesn’t disappoint but it also doesn’t satiate your hunger.
Times Of India 3.5 stars: This one’s a gang bang. Sorry, make that a gang bang-bang; because that’s how this story explodes – with bullets, blasts and bust-ups. Throw in gallons of blood, body-counts and ‘boom-boom’, true Bihari ishtyle. It doesn’t need coal to fuel this revenge drama. It fires on Anurag Kashyap’s penchant for the dark, dubious, deadly and daring. Manoj Bajpai, in this fully loaded role, is spectacular. He gustily brings to life Sardar Khan, peaking his performance with devilry, crudity and cuss words, while ably toning it with comic moments and a human touch. Truly, a raw diamond in this coal mine.
NDTV Movies 3.5 stars: Gangs of Wasseypur is a full-on Bollywood film without quite being one. Loaded with action, romance and music and doffs of the hat to old-school masala, this effervescent blazing-guns opera is ingeniously orchestrated in a way that lends it the flounce and flair of an artful musical romp. It delivers shock and delight in equal measure as it portrays the often pointless spiral of violence, which is presented matter-of-factly as an inevitable legacy of the area’s benighted history.
Bollywood Hungama 3.5 stars: GANGS OF WASSEYPUR symbolizes the fearless new Indian cinema that shatters the clichés and conventional formulas, something which Anurag Kashyap has come to be acknowledged for. It has all the trappings of an entertainer, but with a difference. The film prides itself with substance that connects with enthusiasts of new-age cinema. But, I wish to restate, one needs to have a really strong belly to soak up to a film like GANGS OF WASSEYPUR.
DNA 3.5 stars: Written by Zeishan Quadri, Akhilesh, Sachin Ladia and Kashyap, GOW I runs for over two hours. Cuss words and smart repartee are commonplace, with the women being at the centre of most comedic encounters of the men. The sexual tension doubles up as comic relief in the fast-paced thriller. Kashyap’s characters are, no doubt, dangerous. They’re also prone to screwing up. They may be deadly gangsters, but they also fall face down every now and then.
Nowrunning 3.5 stars: Anurag Kashyap not only flaunts his gargantuan storyline through this 2 hour 48mins first part but also intelligently boasts of his command over narrative technique too. He brilliantly brings together an amalgam intercutting, jump cuts and montages. However, it still wouldn’t be wrong to say that had the first half been tad shorted, one would’ve enjoyed the film without any weariness sinking in.
Rediff 2.5 stars: And the yawns are the primary issue with Anurag Kashyap’s Gangs Of Wasseypur, an impressively ambitious — and excellently shot — collection of memorable characters and entertaining scenes, set to a killer soundtrack. The film never recovers from the unforgivably tedious first half-hour, and despite many laudable moments and nifty touches, never quite engages. This is partly because of every Indian filmmaker’s befuddling desire to borrow plot-points from The Godfather whenever dealing with crime families, but mostly because Kashyap is defiant in his self-indulgence, piling on more and more when less could have done the job more efficiently.
