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

20 Sep 2019

We earlier told you that Anurag Kashyaps two-part release crime thriller Gangs of Wasseypur had secured its place in The Guardians 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 Emmys. 3 Cheers to Vikram, Neeraj & Team SG, he wrote. Congratulations https://twitter.com/hashtag/AnuragKashyap?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw #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 Emmys 3 Cheers to Vikram, Neeraj & Team SG Nawazuddin Siddiqui (@Nawazuddin_S) https://twitter.com/Nawazuddin_S/status/1174713198068391937?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw September 19, 2019 Released in 2012, Gangs of Wasseypur remains one of Kashyaps 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. View this post on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/B2XzwEJhWti/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading Guardians list of 100 best film of 21st century.Proud to be here but this wouldnt be my list.So many films which are my favourites cant be below my film.. and the Dark Knight deserves to be way up. The number 1 film in the list I totally agree with. Thats 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 https://www.instagram.com/anuragkashyap10/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading 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 2Emmy nominations.