"Gang of Wasseypur" (2012) is regarded by many from the Bollywood film tradition as one of the best films ever made. But for a Western audience and standpoint, the film is simply horrible and atrocious. The only fleeting qualities seem to be its obvious production value, coming-of-age idea, and execution in a few actors' performances.

Moreover, the film is brutally sexually and violently perverted to such a severe extent that even the songs in the film are horrifically explicit, particularly in the first half of the film. As this is a crime film, one should expect both plenty of violence and harsh use of language. But this is just plain unnecessary to the point of embarrassment.

Just like this is true of so many other "heralded masterpieces" from Bollywood such as "Airlift" (2016) and Drishyam (2013), the atrocious nature of the film is that its characters possess no sense of humanity; they are simply stripped of any form of empathy, charm or overall character. In addition to that, the film is horribly edited, wasting more than 5 hours of the viewer's life. The editing is plainly inefficient, random and even unprofessional at times.

As I am experiencing seeing increasing numbers of heralded Bollywood masterpieces, only to find them to be disastrous by Western standards, I must admit to find this form of "film making" quite pathetic for non-domestic audiences. With few exceptions, I seem to find most Bollywood films both embarrassing and atrocious.