Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 2 · reception & legacy
2012 · Anurag Kashyap
How Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 2 has been received, argued over, and remembered.
The arc
Only a modest hit in Indian theatres in 2012, the two-part saga snowballed through DVD, torrents and streaming into consensus modern-classic status — by 2019 The Guardian was ranking Gangs of Wasseypur among the best films of the 21st century.
What's debated
The eternal fan debate: is Part 2 — funnier, wilder, fully Faizal's film — the superior half, or does it coast on Part 1's setup? (Plus the Letterboxd sub-debate over whether it should be logged as one five-hour film at all.)
Its footprint
Ramadhir Singh's monologue about how 'as long as there's cinema in this country, people will keep getting fooled' is one of the most quoted lines in modern Hindi film, and characters like Definite and Perpendicular became instant meme currency.
Where it stands
A 'you must have seen this' pillar of 21st-century Indian cinema and a favourite gateway film for international viewers discovering Hindi movies on Letterboxd.