New Delhi:
A two-piece modern classic Gangs of Wasseypur will be re-released in theaters on August 30, director Anurag Kashyap announced on Tuesday. The 2012 intergenerational revenge saga starred Manoj Bajpayee and the then budding actors Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Richa Chadha, Huma Qureshi, Rajkummar Rao, Pankaj Tripathi and Jaideep Ahlawat. Gangs of Wasseypur received critical acclaim upon its release with mostly positive reviews and also became a commercial success.
Kashyap shared the update on his official Instagram page.
“In 3 days the gang will be back… GOW back to the cinemas (sic),” he wrote.
According to the poster shared by the filmmaker Gangs of Wasseypur can be seen in the theater from August 30 to September 5. Tickets are available on the official website of Miraj Cinemas.
Place inside Wasseypurset in a small town near Dhanbad in Jharkhand, the film series tells the story of a coal mafia spanning three generations of a family embroiled in crime, extortion and murder.
Co-authored by Kashyap and Zeishan Quadri, Volume One Gangs of Wasseypur was released on 22 June 2012 and the second part hit the screens on 8 August 2012. The soundtrack is composed by Sneha Khanwalkar and Piyush Mishra with lyrics written by Mishra and Varun Grover.
It was screened in its entirety at the 2012 Cannes Directors’ Fortnight, becoming one of the only Hindi films to achieve this feat. It received a huge reception at several film festivals around the world.
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