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Spoiler-free premise
Across generations, the Khan family wages a violent feud with politician Ramadhir Singh amid Wasseypur's coal economy and criminal power.
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After Shahid Khan is expelled from Wasseypur and later killed while working for coal magnate Ramadhir Singh, son Sardar vows revenge. The feud expands across decades through marriages, businesses, gangs, and heirs competing for the region's power.
Why it belongs
Through vernacular humor, propulsive music, abrupt violence, and a vast ensemble, Gangs of Wasseypur anchors dynastic revenge as a teeming social history.
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Anurag Kashyap maps power across generations through coal pits, markets, homes, campaign stages, film songs, firearms, and changing technologies via sprawling structure and dense sound design—the large cast remains vivid because speech, appetite, dress, and musical motifs individualize each claimant.
Major award wins
No verified wins in this six-institution crosswalk.
Awards are reference metadata only · zero points in 40/40/20
Good for
Film Club
Descriptive guidance derived from rating, genre, runtime, mood, and GCML scores.
Institutional reference ranks
Sight & Sound—IMDb Top 250—AFI 100—
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Great Cinema Master List scores
Greatness8.9
Engagement9.4
Ease7.5
Hindi · Not Rated Narrative Feature Mood: Exhilarating & Gripping
