It breathes with the ferocity and depth of a classic like The Godfather or Gangs of New York, but tells its own, very singular story. Darkly comic, brutal, and impactful, the film also features one of the greatest casts seen in a Hindi film.

| Mar 29, 2021

...there are so many lovely actors in this film that it's a pity space does not permit me to name them all.

| Original Score: 3.25/5 | Jan 11, 2021

Gangs of Wasseypur isn't necessarily realistic-instead, it's a glossy, gory soap opera that goes over the top early and often, mirroring, realizing, and satirizing the outsized, outrageous gangster-movie fantasies of its characters.

| Mar 27, 2020

"Gangs of Wasseypur" is a must-see for all, a true epic both aesthetically and technically, in a great mixture of elements from "The Godfather" and "Snatch."

| Jul 3, 2019

[Gangs of Wasseypur's] brutality, breathtaking shots of India and soundtrack of wry folk songs make for a visceral piece of cinema.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 5, 2017

It could lay a claim to being the Great Indian Crime Story, encompassing multiple generations, ethnic groups, and religions in its nefarious dealings.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 27, 2016

Inspired by a true story, Gangs of Wasseypur is technically a Bollywood musical (it has 25 original songs, according to film notes) but without the characters breaking into song and dance...

| Feb 12, 2016

This epic crime saga sprawls across seven decades and three generations of characters -- like all three parts of The Godfather rolled into one, with an injection of boisterous Bollywood flavour.

| Jul 17, 2015

Gangs Of Wasseypur is a sprawling, exuberant, ferociously ambitious piece of film making.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 1, 2015

Director Anurag Kashyap, in his trademark style of storytelling -- realistic, with strong characters, over-the-top sequences, and unadulterated local flavour, gruesome bloody violence and raw humour -- interestingly spins this twisted tale.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 1, 2015

Anurag Kashyap's ambitious gangster saga is a trippy outburst of vivid characters reeking of revenge, deep-seethed rivalries blended with an off-kilter soundtrack and clever dialogue.

| May 1, 2015

While every frame here is so passionately put together, supremely performed with brilliantly conceived moments of quirk, the whole just doesn't come together as a cohesive story.

| May 1, 2015

Rollicking and riotous aren't adjectives one normally associates with a gangster film. But that is precisely what Anurag Kashyap's Gangs of Wasseypur is.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | May 1, 2015

One of the most ambitious gangster films ever made, and quite possibly one of the best.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Jan 19, 2015

It's a story about charismatic killers, men we love to hate, characters who are depraved, ennobled and finally doomed by their disregard for ordinary human decency and their devotion to an endless cycle of violent retribution.

| Jan 19, 2015

Impressively, "Gangs of Wasseypur" manages its sprawling story lines deftly and maintains a brisk pace throughout its daunting length.

| Jan 16, 2015

But what makes Gangs one of the rare recent Indian mainstream movies to achieve crossover exposure is the way that it intersects with and echoes other international variants on gangster themes.

| Jan 16, 2015

A frequently spectacular achievement: five hours - and then some - of gliding camera moves, brutal action and dizzying revenge plotting, often set to a peppy pop music backbeat.

| Jan 15, 2015

Even at this running time, the film dips into decades but doesn't dig deeply into lives.

| Jan 13, 2015

This insane masterpiece shows the self-destructive properties of myth making and how they overlap with the downfall of a community damned from the beginning of time.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Jan 13, 2015