Will play at the Lincoln Center for a week.

By The American Bazaar Staff

NEW YORK: Considered one of the greatest Indian films of all-time, the award-winning epic Gangs of Wasseypur by director and producer Anurag Kashyap, will release in US theaters in January.

Mesmerizing audiences at both the Cannes and Sundance film festivals, Kashyap’s film is an ambitious and extraordinary blood-and-bullets fueled crime saga that charts 70 years in the lives – and spectacular deaths – of two mafia-like families fighting for control of the coal-mining town of Wasseypur in India.

The acclaimed film is produced by Guneet Monga (The Lunchbox) and presented by Adi Shankar (producer of the number one box office hits Lone Survivor and The Grey.)

Cinelicious Pictures will release Part 1 of the Gangs of Wasseypur on January 16 for an exclusive one-week-only run at several AMC theaters across the U.S. Part II will release in the same theaters the following week on January 23, also for one week only. In New York City, the full film will play at the prestigious Lincoln Center opening on January 16 for one week.

The film has been honored with National Awards, Filmfare Awards, and has also won The Times of India Award for Best Film. It is currently rated 100% by Rotten Tomatoes and is the only Indian film from this decade to make IMDB’s ranking of the Top 250 global films of all-time.

The cast includes Manoj Bajpayee, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Jaideep Ahlawat, Tigmanshu Dhulia, Piyush Mishra, and Richa Chadda.

The film is Inspired by the real-life exploits of local gangs and beginning with the bandit-like career of Shahid Khan (Jaideep Ahlawat) in the 1940s. The film follows the ruthless rise of his son Sardar (a brilliant Manoj Bajpayee) and his offspring, the surreally-named Danish, Perpendicular and Definitive Khans and their numerous wives and girlfriends.

Watch the new subtitled US trailer here:



GANGS OF WASSEYPUR – US Theatrical Trailer (GREEN) from Cinelicious Pics on Vimeo.