While the former is in jail, the latter was reportedly sentenced to a life term. Gangs of Wasseypur , where the story is underpinned by a narration, seeks to delve into an inter-generational feud involving vengeful killings between three families, while also depicting the brutal ways of the local coal mafia.
The story was penned by Zeishan Quadri, who was born in Wasseypur in the early s, when it was a part of Bihar. Such is the stigma associated with Wasseypur, said Sania Ashique, another student, that a prospective groom dumped her sister because of their roots in the area. Elders in the area say the problem of withdrawn marriage proposals started after the film was released in , but has reduced significantly since. He alleged Wasseypur was still not a safe place altogether.
Dacoity numbers for the same years are 13 and 19, respectively. The district, known as the coal capital of India , altogether has a population of approximately Getting a bank loan is another headache, said Istiyak, a theatre artiste, and Mohammad Ali, a mechanic.
Blacklisting of areas based on certain criteria is a practice that banks follow privately, according to a report in Mint.
However, banks deny this. While a Swiggy spokesperson, reached by call and email, refused to answer queries sent by ThePrint, emails and calls to a Zomato PR representative went unanswered. Khushboo Jahan, a former resident of the area, said her family decided to move out because of the problems they faced here.
Even if the area wants to change its image, it becomes difficult to do so. The bottle-necked entrance to Wasseypur needs correction. However, in the past three-four years, several social workers have joined hands in Wasseypur and are trying to change the perception of the area.
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Sustaining journalism of this quality needs smart and thinking people like you to pay for it. Whether you live in India or overseas, you can do it here. Directed by Kashyap, it has too much of gore and blood and it is believed that violence on this level has never really been a part of mainstream Hindi cinema before. Despite that the audiences are thronging the cinema hall to see this blood saga.
Delhi-base distributor Sanjay Ghai said: " 'Gangs Of Wasseypur' has opened with 70 to 80 percent opening in both single screens and multiplex in Delhi and is going great. In Mumbai, the response was slow but, according to distributor Rajesh Thadani of Multimedia Combine, "'Gangs of Wasseypur' opened with 20 to 25 percent in Mumbai.
But it has started improving from the evening shows and would pick up in the night and at the weekend. Manoj Gupta of Viacom 18 said: "In Varanasi, the opening was around 70 to 80 percent but the afternoon shows went houseful in Lucknow, Gorakhpur among others.
Even the multiplex shows of 'Gangs
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