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On, Quadri's story was sold to Anurag Kashyap. It is a story about the "coal mafia" that spans several generations from 1941 to 2010 in two parts. "Gangs of Wasseypur" is based on real life events in the coal rich city of Dhanbad. Quadri and Ekta Kapoor are collaborating on a new non-fiction TV series. Quadri initially planned to produce Sarbjit, and brought in Omung Kumar, who directed the film released in 2016. Īccording to Mumbai Mirror, Anurag Kashyap and Quadri are collaborating on the third installment of the Gangs of Wasseypur franchise, with Kashyap insisting that Quadri writes and directs the film. He has written a script Oh Womaniya for Pritish Nandy Communications to be helmed by Anu Menon, and a script for Fardeen Khan Productions tentatively titled Firauti.
He is also working on a script with Madhur Bhandarkar for his upcoming movie Madamji starring Priyanka Chopra. In 2014, Quadri acted in a movie directed by Vipin Sharma and produced by Bohra bros, as well as a negative lead in the upcoming movie Banana directed by Sajid Ali, produced by John Abraham Entertainment. Quadri visited many cities for the promotion of the film including Aligarh at Aligarh Muslim University. The editing of the film has been done by veteran filmmaker Anurag Kashyap who presented the film along with Prateek Entertainment Pvt.
His first film as a director and producer was Meeruthiya Gangsters. His film Revolver Rani was directed by Sai Kabir and starred Kangana Ranaut and vir Das. Quadri has worked in the genre of Bollywood crime films. Quadri studied world cinema including film makers such as Majid Majidi, Fateh Akın and Akira Kurosawa. In 2009, Quadri moved to Mumbai to pursue a career in acting. Quadri worked in a call center and for HCL computers in Delhi for 18 months before coming to Mumbai in 2008. Quadri left Dhanbad to study for Bachelor of Arts (BA) from Meerut.
Quadri grew up in a strict and protective environment. He is the only son and the youngest child of Syed Imran Quadri, a civil engineer. Gangs of Wasseypur centred on the coal mafia of Dhanbad and the power struggles, politics and vengeance that chronicled the story of three generations of crime dons.īoth parts of the film were originally shot as a single film measuring a total of 319 minutes and was screened at the 2012 Cannes Directors’ Fortnight.Zeishan Quadri was born in Wasseypur, Dhanbad, Bihar (now in Jharkhand) in 1983. Hopefully someday that will happen,” he signed off. “…that film of mine that totally destroyed my filmmaking life by the expectations it sets from me as a filmmaker and has been continuously so, and I have forever been trying to break away from it. Kashyap also wrote that Wasseypur destroyed his filmmaking career with the expectations it set for him. Directed by Anurag Kashyap, this is conceived on a giant scale, as generations of three gangster families fight for supremacy over the course of half a century.”Ĭalling the film stylish and visceral, it said, “… it’s got a valid claim to be India’s answer to The Godfather.” The British daily newspaper wrote, “Mammoth two-part Indian crime film that’s a long, long way from Bollywood. Anurag also shared a screenshot from the list where the mention of Wasseypur is made.