If Gangs of Wasseypur has a heartbeat, it is Sardar Khan. Manoj Bajpayee’s portrayal is arguably one of the finest performances in modern Indian cinema. Sardar is not the typical Bollywood don who loves his mother and has a heart of gold. He is misogynistic, volatile, and deeply flawed.
There are no white suits or slow-motion flower petals. Gangsters here wear stained vests, eat paan, and die in muddy gullies. The violence is sudden, ugly, and matter-of-fact. A shooting happens mid-conversation. A beheading is shown without a heroic background score. gangs of wasseypur part 1
It was screened in its entirety at the 2012 Cannes Directors' Fortnight, but since no Indian theater would screen a 5-hour movie, it was split into two parts for the general release. If Gangs of Wasseypur has a heartbeat, it is Sardar Khan
Upon release, Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 1 was a . It did not have a traditional "star," yet it became a cult phenomenon. Critics hailed it as India’s answer to The Godfather and Goodfellas . He is misogynistic, volatile, and deeply flawed
