After so many disappointing movies this year, this was a movie I was looking forward to. You expect a lot from a movie with likes of Anurag Kashyap, Manoj Bajpai, Tigmanshu Dhulia (director of some of my favourite movies, acting for the first time), Piyush Mishra, Nawazuddin Siddique (Peepli Live and Kahaani) associated with it.
The movie starts with a bunch of people attacking a house with guns and grenades. Then the movie goes into flashback and we are told about the history of coal mafia in Dhanbad and the rivalry between Qureshi's and Khan's. Rashid Khan is forced out of his village Wasseypur by Sultana daku and he is forced to work for Ramadhir Singh. When Ramadhir discovers about Rashid's plans to kill him, he gets him killed instead. Rashid's son Sardar Khan makes revenge from Ramadhir only motive of his life. He does not just want to kill Ramadhir, he wants to destroy him and wants him to know who is causing this destruction and why. He tells his wife Nagma, "Saale ki kah ke lunga." While Sardar is planning his revenge in Dhanbad, the story shifts to Wasseypur and Sardar gets into fights against Sultan, nephew of the same Sultana daku who forced his father out of his village.
In Dhanbad, Sardar Khan is making babies with his wife Nagma and in Wasseypur he get involved with Durga. The story moves on and Sardar's sons grow to work for him, while Sultan now working for Ramadhir plans to get rid of Sardar and attacks him. Now we must wait for the next part to see where the story goes.
It's difficult to make audience relate to a protagonist who is made of all evil. It requires talents like Francis Ford Coppola and Al Pacino to achieve that. Anurag Kashyap and Manoj Bhajpai have achieved something of that sort here. Sardar Khan has not a single good quality about him, yet you can relate to the character. Thanks to brilliant direction and superb acting. Tigmanshu Dhulia is the surprise packet as Ramadhir Singh. Who knew the talented director can be so good in front of the camera as well. Richa Chaddha is spot on as Nagma. It was Nawazuddin Siddique's act as Faizal Khan that ensured even higher expectations from 2nd part. Everyone of the actors were spot on and played their part perfectly, which is so rare when you have a such a big line up of characters. The setting and the language was consistent through out the length of the film. This is one Indian gangster movie in true sense showing the real gangs from the part of India that is rarely explored by our film industry. There is so much happening to so many characters that most of the characters are not developed completely and many times you rely on the background narration to know about them, which sometimes can be confusing if you are not paying attention. You have to be at the edge of your seats to completely appreciate the movie.
In the end special mention to the music. Did anyone ever think that "teri kah ke lunga.." can be a song?
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