 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna 2012, Bajpayee akaonekwa muAnurag Kashyaps two-part crime film Gangs of Wasseypur. Unhu hwake Sardar Khan akaoneka mune wokutanga. Kuti agadzirire basa rake, Bajpayee akaveura musoro wake uye akarasikirwa nemakirogiramu mana. Yakatanga kuratidzwa pa2012 Cannes Film Festival, Toronto film festival, uye Sundance Film Festival muna 2013. Gangs of Wasseypur yakabudiswa muIndia musi wa22 Chikumi kuti iwane mhinduro yakanaka. Anupama Chopra akaidana kuti kuita kwake kwakanakisisa kubvira paBhiku Mhatre muSatya. Nokuda kwebasa rake mufirimu, Bajpayee akasarudzwa kuti awane Filmfare Award for Best Actor. Firimu rake rakatevera raive mutambo wenhoroondo Chittagong 2012, zvichibva pakurwiswa kwechitoro cheChittagong. Bajpai akaratidzira murwi werusununguko weBengali Surya Sen mariri, iro raasina kubhadhara mari. Kubudiswa kwake kwokupedzisira kwegore racho kwakanga kuri Chakravyuh, uko akatamba Naxalite; basa raida kuti arasikirwe ne5 Kilograms uremu. Munyori uye munyori wenziyo Javed Akhtar akadana Chakravyuh firimu rakanakisisa remakore 20 apfuura. Mukupesana, nongedzero yakaitwa neIndia Nhasi yakaidana kuti nhamburiko yeamateurish, asi yakarumbidza kutamba kwaBajpayee. 