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If you searched , you likely noticed differences from the 2012 theatrical cut. Here is the definitive changelog:

A major theme in Part 1 is the performative nature of masculinity. The characters operate on a code of "Izzat" (honor) that is inextricably linked to the gun. Kashyap uses a gritty, visceral visual style to show that in Wasseypur, violence is a dialect spoken by everyone from the coal mines to the dinner table. 4. Technical Innovation: Music and Meta-Narrative

is a sprawling crime epic that redefined Indian cinema upon its release in 2012. Spanning the early 1940s to the 1990s, the film traces the origins of a deadly blood feud between three criminal clans in the coal-mining town of Wasseypur and the neighboring Dhanbad. Movie Index: Part 1 Essentials Anurag Kashyap Crime / Action / Historical Drama Running Time: 160 minutes (2 hours, 39 minutes) Release Date: May 2012 (Cannes), June 22, 2012 (India) Wasseypur and Dhanbad, Jharkhand (then Bihar) Sneha Khanwalkar (Songs) and G.V. Prakash Kumar Plot Summary: The Seeds of Vendetta