New Delhi: It seems that June 22 is the perfect date for 'Gangs of Wasseypur' to go public. The film has been receiving rave reviews in India and abroad, and thus the common audience is waiting for the film with eager hearts. The director Anurag Kashyap will be under tremendous pressure to strike a chord with the audience, however, the film's good performance at various film festivals would provide him hope for a good show at the ticket window.
The film premiered at the 65th Cannes International Film Festival in front of the packed house. Magazines such as Hollywood Reporter compared it with Quentin Tarantino's films. It wrote, "Gangs of Wasseypur puts Tarantino in a corner with its cool command of cinematically-inspired and referenced violence, ironic characters and breathless pace."
Screen International echoed the same sentiments, "There's never a dull moment in this Indian gangland epic."
Reactions from the normal audiences were also on the same lines. ...
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07:04 PM, Jun 17, 2012
