Viacom18 Motion Pictures Gangs of Wasseypur (2012)
83%
Celluloid Score Recommended Anurag Kashyap’s coal-dust epic is Hindi cinema’s great modern gangster saga — sprawling, funny, brutal, and endlessly quotable.
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United Producers Sholay (1975)
87%
Celluloid Score Recommended India's definitive masala western — endlessly quoted, remade in spirit, never surpassed.
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| Signal | Gangs of Wasseypur | Sholay |
|---|---|---|
| Critic % | 94% | 96% |
| Audience % | 89% | 90% |
| Metascore | 89 | — |
| Letterboxd | 4.2 | 4.5 |
| IMDb | 8.2 | 8.1 |
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