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Gangs of Wasseypur Part II
(2012)
Directed by Anurag Kashyap
March 1 - Saturday - 7:00 p.m.
Wasseypur is no more the small town that was once
consumed by the raging war between Sardar Khan
and Ramadhir Singh. The town has fundamentally
changed through the new wealth spawned by illegal
profiteering, government corruption, election rigging,
and hooliganism. In the midst of this chaos, everyone
wants to ally themselves with the most powerful man
of Wasseypur, Faizal Khan. Khan's sole ambition, how-
ever, is to annihilate his age-old rival, Ramadhir Singh,
the man with the grand scheme. Gangs of Wasseypur
Part II is a fitting conclusion to this story of vengeance
which has grown to encompass all of Wasseypur. In
Hindi language with English subtitles. (2K DCP. 160
min. Not Rated.)
Maqbool
(2003)
Directed by Vishal Bhardwaj
February 15 - Saturday - 7:00 p.m.
Loosely based on the genre of the "spaghetti west-
ern," Maqbool ("the accepted one") is an adaptation
of Macbeth that situates themes from The Godfather in
present-day Bombay. This is a contemporary tragedy
set in the underworld of India's commercial capital
and features two corrupt, fortune-telling policemen
who advise Jahangir Khan, the head of a crime family.
Things go awry when Khan's mistress plots with his
favored lieutenant, Maqbool, to kill him. But Maqbool
soon finds that overthrowing his rival is just the begin-
ning of his struggle. In Hindi language with English
subtitles. (35mm. 132 min. Not Rated.)
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