Gangs of Wasseypur (2015): Ratings & Plot

Set against the waning days of colonial rule and the rise of industrial power in India, the tale unfolds in and around Dhanbad and the neighboring village of Wasseypur, where land, loyalty, and vengeance collide in a decades-spanning saga. In 1941, a Pashtun named Shahid Khan is banished from Wasseypur for impersonating a Qureshi hero who robbed ferry trains, and his family resettles in Dhanbad. There, Shahid returns to the mines and creates a life around the coal industry. After his wife dies in childbirth, Shahid’s grip tightens in a brutal moment of violence when he murders the muscleman who refused him leave that day. The scene foreshadows a world where might often rises where law falters.