4.5/5
Cast: Manoj Bajpayee, Tigmanshu Dhulia, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Pankaj Tripathi, Richa Chaddha, Reema Sen, Huma Qureshi, Jaideep Ahlawat, Piyush Mishra
Sultana looted British trains. Years after Shahid Khan continues to loot the same trains on the name of Sultana while Sultana is retired. Sultana takes on Shahid Khan and paralyzes his strength by killing all his men.
Shahid khan now works for Ramadeer singh (Tigmanshu Dhulia), and gets killed by Ramadeer himself when he's planning a conspiracy against his boss. And here starts the revenge saga. Shahid's son Sardar khan (Manoj Bajpayee) doesn't want to assassin the big-shot politico Ramadeer, but wants to break him down in pieces of defeat, insult, humiliation and fear, one by one. The signature line of the film explains this well which is in colloquial hindi: Teri keh ke loonga.
No one can deny the fact that Anurag Kashyap is the man of details. See how Sardar learns to make bombs in jail, or the scene where his son, Faisal (Nawazuddin Siddiqui) tries to hide guns in the train to save them from cops. These are just a few good examples. You have to see the film to embrace the style of story telling by the guy behind Dev-D to say the the least.
In this film, you can see shades of Omkara, directed by another genius Vishal Bhardwaj. This story is not about hero or villain, it's not about good or bad. It is about some bad guys trying to be more sadist than the other. All brutal characters, delivered by beautiful performances.
Every time Sardar's wife (Richa Chaddha) is on screen, she will have you in splits by her completely adult one liners and a sleek performance that's hundred times better than some so called top actresses. She is confident as a dominating lady and the only one who Sardar khan is scared of. All other characters deliver their part of fun and make you laugh till you miss the next dialogue. Even some of the darkest scenes here will make you smile at least once.
The script is awesomely executed by its director. You can't find any loopholes in direction when Kashyap is on the seat. The best scene is the final part which leaves so much intrigue that makes you die to watch the sequel.
The music delivered by Sneha Kahwalkar fits in the story so well that it looks like being made right when the scene is shot. Even lyrics of the tracks look like a part of the situation. The narrations by Piyush Mishra are worth paying attention to.
This one takes you completely to Wasseypur, a small town in Dhanbad. Because it's shot in where it belongs, with attention to smallest things like the way these characters deliver their lines in the perfect accent, and a lot of other things. Yet this one is completely modern in its treatment whether it is about the perfect background score, the actors who live their characters or they way the story is been told making you engrossed till the closing credits.
Overall, this piece of work is completely worth Cannes. Watch is again and again to find out more details every time.
