Cinematically, the tapestry of Wasseypur lends itself to nonlinear myth-making: episodes ripple across decades, characters reappear older or dead in memory, and dark comedy undercuts tragedy. The gangs’ tale is not only about who controls the mines but about how law, culture, and economy can be hollowed out by the normalization of force. In the end, Wasseypur’s gangs are both symptom and architect of a place where power is extracted as surely as coal—leaving behind seams of anger that take generations to fill.