Friday, 21 September 2012

Gangs of Wasseypur II – Review


The sequel to Gangs of Wasseypur starts with the death of Sardar Khan (Manoj Bajpai). We see him getting caught in a barrage of gunshots and finally succumbing to it. The scene of his funeral is comical to a certain extent with a singer with an unusual voice singing a famous Hindi number. Immediately after this scene, we are taken back to the gruesome world of murder and mayhem that Anurag Kashyap had shown us in Gangs of Wasseypur.

This world is laden with men who mould themselves after Bollywood heroes and with revenge in their hearts; they roam around the town of Wasseypur coolly creating a realm of violence and crime. Amidst all the chaos and bloodshed, Anurag Kashyap and his crew follow a curios path of violence, humor, romance and music to bring out a revenge story that spans generations.

After watching Gangs of Wasseypur, it might seem that the sequel is lacking in parts. Despite the exuberance, you will feel the movie is nothing but a series of butchering and killing with no particular story that links them together. There are times when logic flies out of the window. The prequel took time to bring out the characters and the storyline. However in the sequel, we get to see nothing but a bunch of wannabe crime lords battling it out with guns, murdering and creating mayhem in broad daylight. It seems the characters are just moving according to the set of instructions given by the director.

One of the funny moments in the movie comes up when we see a gangster attempting to tie the string on his pajama while talking on two mobile phones. We have an edgy assassin on one phone while a spy who has been asked to follow a target is on the other phone. The scene is cleverly written and portrayed.
Chase scenes have been the forte in Gangs of Wasseypur II. But they seem to have been stretched too far. One felt that Anurag Kashyap was trying to out-do himself after the fantastic chase scenes in Black Friday. He was trying to go a notch higher. The starts in the four chase scenes in the movie are brilliant and exciting, but the brilliance and the interest seem to fade away after a few minutes.

However like Gangs of Wasseypur I, Kashyap is brilliant in bringing out the characters in the sequel. We are introduced to a group of charismatic personalities. Apart from the growing enmity between Ramadhir Singh (Tigmanshu Dhulia) and Sardar Khan’s hash-addicted successor Faisal (Nawazuddin Siddiqui), we come to know of Perpendicular. He is Faisal’s kin who has the habit of wielding a blade in his mouth and goes around with an I-don’t-give-a-damn attitude. Faisal is a hardcore follower of Amitabh Bachchan while his half-brother Definite thinks Salman Khan is God. Faisal’s wife Mohsina is a movie-addict who sings in a queer voice at the slightest opportunity. Faisal is shown as a person who, despite his unwillingness, was dragged into the world of crime. Together with Definite, they go about carving a revenge for the murder of their family members.

The movie is a goldmine of stellar performances. Richa Chadha as the sturdy matriarch, Aditya Kumar (Perpendicular) and Huma Qureishi (Mohsina) are brilliant and brings their characters alive. However, the one person that has made a mark for himself with his brilliant performance is Nawazuddin Siddiqui, who has essayed the role of the bold Faisal Khan.

If there is any fatal mistake in the movie, it is the introduction of innumerous subplots and characters. This trend continues till the end of the movie. This one major flaw has stopped Gangs of Wasseypur II from rising above the genre of a typical revenge flick.

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