. The movie travels you back to the time as even the details of the way houses and gullies used to be at that time looks of that era. The film takes time to pick up the pace initially especially till the time the central character of Sardar Khan played by talented Manoj Bajpayee enters . He doesn't shine as the hero of the movie but he is an ordinary man with enough guts to take up the mighty dhoti clad politician cum businessman Ramadhar Singh played by the ace director Tigmanshu Dhulia. The initial 30-45 minutes are more about building the plot of the story than jumping directly into the theme. The son revenge over his father death is never a revelation in the bollywood mainstream but the tight script laden with many one liners which make you feel that this movie is so close to reality and thats where the film scores an advantage. The chemistry between Sardar Khan and his wife Nagma, played by the tall Punjabi girl from Delhi, Richa Chaddha is blunt. They love , they hate , they abuse and they need each other. Thats the reality of many young couples in everyday life, isn't it. The film makes you think hard on drawing the line of morality as every character in the movie has shades of Grey. Whether its the another dominant Muslim faction of the butchers , or the Khan clan of Sardar Khan or the corrupt politician, they all are opportunistic and are hungry to reign their supremacy. The film literally travels with time and Sardar Khan moves from Dhanbad to Wasseypur , a small town near the coal district and forms his mighty gang which is more powerful than the butchers and the politician. The violence strikes many times but it never makes you close your eyes , instead it makes you think that many bloodbaths happen with a cool and calm mind and not in fit or anger. Sardar Khan's character is serious about the revenge of his father's murder but is also equally serious about his mistress played by the Bengali beauty Reema Sen. One is left hard to understand if Sardar Khan is using the lady to satisfy his lust or the lady is using him to satisfy her lust and greed. Nagma, played by Richa Chaddha is a strong and outspoken women who doesn't bow to go against her husband even when her husband doesn't live with her anymore. Howver , at the same time she doesn't spare him either and hurls abuses at him on his greed for sex and womanizing. The film binds the audience with fast storytelling in the middle and doesn't give time to predict the next scenes. One style of filmmaking is that never give enough time to audience to think what will come next and you have won the hearts of the audience. The two young sons of Sardar Khan are like poles apart in their living but the traces of their father's mentality is preserved. While one is more crazy , smoking cigarettes and pots ; the other is slightly peace maker who proposes to marry the girl from the leader of the butcher family in order to get united. The script is good , the dialogs are sharp , story telling is structured , movement is fast , songs and lyrics are unorthodox of any typical bollywood film but what works the most in the movie is the characters. All the songs have become a rage whether its Hunter, womaniya or jiya ho Bihar ke lala. In fact , I have heard these songs as caller tunes of many people whom I call, which reflects the mass acceptance of the songs with a difference. The characters, I would say are the heart of the movie; whether its a cameo by the guy who dances on the old Hindi movie hit "Kasam paida Karney wale Ki" , the guy who is singing "salame ishe meri jaan" in both the male and female voice during the Nikah of Sardar Khan's son or the Ray Ban girl who preaches in chaste bihari accent to Sardar Khan's son to catch hold of a girl's hand only after taking her permission. The lead actress or the "Womaniya" of the film played by Richa Chaddha ( if you remember , she played the role of a spoiled girl who is after Abhay Deol in Oye Lucky Lucky Oye) is terrific as Nagma . Its not easy to fit under a role of a woman which demands boldness not in terms of skin exposure but in terms of the skin of the character and she has done it a perfect 10. Piyush Mishra always comes good and here is no exception. Nawazuddin Shaikh who plays as one of the son of Sardar Khan is also good and the in the next part "Gangs of Wasseypur II" he will be seen in a more crazy character. Not to forget to mention the last scene of the movie, where Sardar Khan is attacked by his enemies in his car. I don't want to mention any spoiler hence would not go beyond this on the film's story line. The movie is simply binding,amazing as the violence and murder makes you not only shiver but also laugh at times. The characters act violently as if its like any other daily work for them. The movie is inspired by bits and pieces of some real stories from the small place Wasseypur , but still you cant take credit away from a tight script writing. I think that "Gangs of Wasseypur " is going to open gates to for many such reality struck movies. we will get to see some really good movies from the talented filmmakers who would define the new "Gangs of Bollywood"