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
falling-in-love people cinema
Conventional Indian cinema is about people falling in love. They sing, they dance.
struggle fall commitment
When people who are seeking change start out, they are driven by commitment to a cause. But as internecine power struggles take over, one-time idealists fall prey to corruption. They become just as corrupt and manipulative as the system that they want to overthrow.
admission batch class completed honours school treated zoology
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.
cards flowers rejected
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.
gaps good indian
It is very good to bridge the gaps between Indian and international cinema.
accuse depressing exhausted movies people pick
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.'
achieved good graphic great minds novelists people terms work
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.
I am still where I started. I am still struggling. In fact, the struggle has only got bigger. I always try to go beyond my means, and this where the struggle comes in.
When I'm making a film, I don't want my producer to be on the sets. So when I'm producing a film, I don't want to be on the sets!
Politicians take something out of context to create problems.
invest producers wants
India needs better producers than screenwriters. No producer wants to invest in out-of-the way scripts.