Nawazuddin Siddiqui congratulates Anurag Kashyap as Gangs of Wasseypur bags 59th position in the Guardian’s list

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We earlier told you that Anurag Kashyap's two-part release crime thriller Gangs of Wasseypur had secured its place in The Guardian's list of the best 100 films of the 21st century, as the only Indian film. A proud Anurag Kashyap took to social media to share the news and also shared what he felt about the entire list, comprising of some of the cult global films. Now, Gangs of Wasseypur lead actor Nawazudddin Siddiqui has extended his congratulatory wishes to the filmmaker on Twitter.

“Congratulations #AnuragKashyap you beauty, the epitome of innovation in Cinema, making Indians proud across the world, First for GOW being the only Indian film shortlisted by the Guardian & secondly Sacred Games being nominated at the Emmy's. 3 Cheers to Vikram, Neeraj & Team SG," he wrote.

Congratulations #AnuragKashyap you beauty, the epitome of innovation in Cinema, making Indians proud across the world, First for GOW being the only Indian film shortlisted by the Guardian & secondly Sacred Games being nominated at the Emmy's
3 Cheers to Vikram, Neeraj & Team SG

— Nawazuddin Siddiqui (@Nawazuddin_S) September 19, 2019

Released in 2012, Gangs of Wasseypur remains one of Kashyap's most acclaimed films, if not the most acclaimed one. “This is also is 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. Hopefully someday that will happen”, he wrote, while sharing the news with us.

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Guardian’s list of 100 best film of 21st century . Proud to be here but this wouldn’t be my list.So many films which are my favourites can’t be below my film.. and “the Dark Knight” deserves to be way up. The number 1 film in the list I totally agree with. That’s my absolute favourite of the 21st century. Here is the list https://www.theguardian.com/film https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/sep/13/100-best-films-movies-of-the-21st-century/2019/sep/13/100-best-films-movies-of-the-21st-century …. link also in bio. P.S. this is also is 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. Hopefully someday that will happen .

A post shared by Anurag Kashyap (@anuragkashyap10) on Sep 13, 2019 at 5:46pm PDT

The filmmaker recently had another good day as Lust Stories, co-directed by him, recently won 2 Emmy nominations.

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