Boys of Wasseypur

The band of Wasseypur boys has done enough to impress me.

The sizzling, action packed real/reel drama and an end to end Darwinian propagation of the “survival of the fittest” theory left me thinking and rethinking about the entire story. The film is soaked in blood and revenge and has stellar performances by each and everyone in the film. Not a moment can I have the movie off my mind. To me it’s truly an Indian Cinema, reflecting the chaos, ethos and pathos of the people in Bihar Jharkhand area. No fancy shots, no flamboyance. The movie is all real and on the face, with well integrated with facts and fiction. Though the residents of the town have raised objections, the film has been successful in attaining critical and commercial success.

I was fascinated by a lot of factors personally.

The first and foremost the story spanning three generations and with generations changes styles, ideas and ideal of the gangsters. The story revolves around changing nature of business and vengeance across 3 generations

The influence of Bollywood on the styling of the icons was also remarkably portrayed. We see a Faisal and a Definite sporting Amitabh Bachchan and Salman Khan looks. There is extensive light on this throughout and a clear objection as well when Ramadhir Singh mulls that one reason he has stayed alive for so long is "kyonke main cinema nahin dekhta"

Also the focal point of the movie definitely was tracing the history of Mafia in India and also the trade and operations of organized mafia through unions. It’s also interesting to note that English speaking polished people also became a part of mafia with changing times.

The look and feel of the cinema came real with creating a live small town aspirational Faisal Khan whose innocence was crushed and pushed into vengeful violence. In his hand the movie achieves maturity. Loved the way Faisal shows off his Pager. And Huma Qureshi breaking into a dance when the wedding is finalized like a wannabe Madhuri Dixit of the small towns.

Also with the movie came across a new genre of Bollywood mothers far from the teary eyed “Nirupa Roys” of the world. She is the one who coax her sons to take revenge and happily takes the bullets that killed the villains as perceived by her.

It’s also remarkable how the protagonists move on in life after the loss of their loved ones.

I dont understand the technicalities of the movie..but loved the music...Sneha..u rocked with "tar Bijli" ; "kala" and my favourite "frustio nahi mora" (maybe my caller tune for the next few days) songs.

So inspite of the all the bad things that’s circulating about the film, I loved it. How does it matter if all these things actually happened in Wasseypur or not? Why do they have to be real? I have never been to Wasseypur and so I do not know if all these are true. But I respect the artistic impression of truth. Violence has been sprinkled with enough comic reliefs which are nice breathers and make the movie more watchable.

Kuddos to the team – each and every one.

And finally some litti chokha to celebrate wasseypur

For the Filling – Mix Sattu - 1 cup + Garlic( chopped and fried till golden) - 4 cloves +Ginger( chopped and fried till golden ) - 1 tablespoon + Green chilies ( chopped ) – 2 + Coriander leaves chopped - 2 tablespoon +Aamchur - 1/2 teaspoon +Spring Onion - Finely chopped 2 tsp +Thyme ( Ajwain ) - 1/2 teaspoon + Pickle masala (achar) - 3 teaspoon + Mustard oil - 2 tablespoon+Salt to taste

Add 1/4 cup water to make the stuffing moist and easy to fill. Keep aside.

For the Dough –Add yoghurt 2 cups and ghee 2 tsp , in atta 2 cups. Mix lightly with finger tips with water knead it into stiff dough. Make balls out of dough of 2.5" to 3" diameter in size with hand.

Process-

1.     Stuff 2 to 3 teaspoon sattu filling in the center of each balls and close it from all sides.

2.    When all the littis are stuffed, put a tawa on the oven and coat it with a little oil. When the tawa is warm place littis all acoss

3.    Heat till one side is brown and black spots come on the litti surface. Then turn over the litti and heat on slow flam for few more minutes until that side is brown as well.

4.    As the tawa starts heating further add spoon full of ghee on the tawa and keep turning the littis till both sides are well cooked.

For Chokha-Crush together boiled alu + Salt + roasted Brijal + salt + pepper + green chillies + mustard oil

A perfect snack…try it out