Anurag Kashyap
Anurag Kashyap
Anurag Singh Kashyapis an Indian film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. He is often regarded as the face of an emerging new wave cinema for producing numerous independent films with newcomers. For his contributions to film, the Government of France awarded him the Ordre des Arts et des Lettresin 2013...
NationalityIndian
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth10 September 1972
CountryIndia
gaps good indian
It is very good to bridge the gaps between Indian and international cinema.
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People always accuse me of making these dark, depressing movies. 'Why do you have to pick up on real issues? People are so exhausted and miserable.'
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Independent graphic novelists have already achieved good work in terms of design, but all these great minds are writing in English. There is a need for people to write in Hindi.
business creates
When you are very idealistic, but caught in a world which is all about business, it creates anguish.
festivals movies
In India, there is a psychological problem that movies going to film festivals are boring. It is a problem with exhibitors.
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I was 16 when I got admission in Hans Raj College. I completed school when I was 16, so everyone in my class - Zoology Honours batch 92 - was 18, and I was often treated like a kid.
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My cards and flowers always got rejected on Valentines Day.
people shun
When violence is real and you flinch away from it, violence does not push people to try and imitate that. Often, we shun the violence that makes us flinch, because it disturbs us. And what makes us uncomfortable and disturbs us is not often bad. What disturbs us will not make us imitate that.
quirky film
'Aiyyaa' is a very quirky film.
pseudo hollywood looking-good
All those pseudo-Hollywood movies set nowhere, with everybody good looking and having great physique - that's not working any more.
want film
I want my films to be seen everywhere.
wall cutting paper
I used to spend a lot of time cutting out film posters from papers and putting them up on the wall in my room.
thinking perspective towns
I think the perspective that small-town directors bring to films is very different.
writing thinking years
I think about my films for a long time, maybe years, but I write them in days.