Here the character of Sardar Khan was so flawed and so disliked, with his sons so estranged from him, you lack any real compassion or satisfaction when Faizal finally does take revenge. If you recall Scorsese’s Gangs of New York, the whole reason Leonardo DiCaprio joins Daniel Day-Lewis’ gang is because he is ruthlessly focussed on avenging his father’s death. The other key issue with the film is it’s purpose and redemption, neither of which we really get to feel. Therefore, the real action and purpose of the film – revenge, does not really take off until an hour and half into the film. It also regularly strays to cover a number of subplots, for example the relationship between Nawazuddin and Huma Qureshi. Talking of narrative this is probably where part two fails to culminate, the core narrative is no different from the first. What we have with Gangs of Wasseypur 2 from a narrative perspective is the same themes carried on for another two and half hours. This is not like Kill Bill Volume 1 and Kill Bill Volume 2, where both were again the same film, but volume one focussed on the now and action, whereas volume 2 focussed on the backstory and drama. The key thing to remember is that both parts are essentially one long film, cut into two parts, which have been released separately. Much of the views from our first review hold true here again, as this part is still the same gritty and rural style, characters, coarse language, blasé killings, great rural music and comic moments. This part charts the rise of his son Faizal Khan (Nawazuddin Siddiqui), alongside his sons from his second marriage, Definite, played by debutant Zeishan Quadri, who was also co-writer of the film and of course the ultimate revenge upon Ramadheer Singh (Tigmanshu Dhulia) for the deaths of Sardar Khan and his father in the first part, both of the characters played by Manoj Bajpai. Without giving the plot away, part one ended with the death of Sardar Khan (Manoj Bajpai) and part two opens with his corpse being received by his family members.
For the rest of you who have been waiting since the first part, what you really need to know is what happened next? Was part two worth the wait? Is part two as good as the first? And for those who have held off, should I now go and watch them both back to back? Read on for all your answers and more… If you want to refresh or introduce yourself to the first one here is our review for you again.
Originally played back to back with part one at the Cannes Film Festival, the second part is literally the same film continued from where the first left off. Gangs of Wasseypur-Part 2 is a fitting conclusion to this story of vengeance, which by now, not just the family but also this town has come to inherit.The second installment of Anurag’s gangland epic Gangs of Wasseypur is finally out. His sole ambition however, is to annihilate Ramadhir Singh, the man with the grand scheme.
Everyone wants alliance with the most powerful man of Wasseypur, Faizal Khan. With illegal profiteering through scrap trade auctions over the Internet, corrupt government officials, election rigging and hooliganism, the town got murkier. It has spawned a new generation of money squandering lobbyists, turning into foolhardy gangs overnight. Plot: Wasseypur is no more the town that was once consumed by the raging war between Sardar Khan and Ramadhir Singh. Stars: Raj Kumar Yadav, Tigmanshu Dhulia and Nawazuddin Siddiqui