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Originally Posted by gag

Suppose to be excellent won loads of awards, not 100% sure but around 17 /18 and nominated for over 40. it’s not for the faint hearted, loosely based on true stories, About crime politics drugs etc and based I think around 3 crime families over decades, it’s brutal and violent and is 5hrs long that’s why it’s split into 2 films. So as far as I’m aware no they don’t burst into song and dance etc.

Critic Danny Bowes of RogerEbert.com called it one 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.

And is ranked in the top 100 films of the 21st century.

The film was theatrically released on 22 June 2012, but was banned in Kuwait and Qatar for violent content.Upon release, Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 1 was critically acclaimed, and won a number of awards. It won for Best Film and Best Director for Kashyap at the 55th Asia-Pacific Film Festival, and won for Best Audiography at the 60th National Film Awards, while Siddiqui won a Special Mention for acting at the same ceremony.[18][19] Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 1 also won four Filmfare Awards, including the Critics Award for Best Film, while Chadda won the Critics Award for Best Actress, at the 58th Filmfare Awards.

Thanks. They sound interesting.