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
writing thinking years
I think about my films for a long time, maybe years, but I write them in days.
years world cinema
It was only in the early 1990s - during my student years as an aspiring scientist at Delhi University - that I discovered the world of cinema.
years healthy cinema
For me, any kind of thing that has stood for 100 years tells me of the health of that thing. So, cinema completing a hundred years in India just says that it is very healthy.
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.
democratic films terms
To get noticed, I had to take my films in a space which was much more democratic in terms of cinema - the international film festivals.
best cinema entirely filmmakers films helping last producer turn
It is an entirely selfish decision to turn producer because I want my kind of cinema to last and flourish, and helping young filmmakers make those kind of films is the best way to do it.
bracket break enemies expects fans living moment tend
Fans are your greatest enemies because they tend to bracket you. And the moment someone expects I should do something, I break out. I often tell fans who say, 'Make a 'Gulal 2' or 'Gangs 3,' that I am living my dream, not theirs.
call religion second tv women
We need to stop objectifying our women in what we call our second religion... Our films. And our TV shows.
There shouldn't be any censorship on making a film.
In 'Gangs of Wasseypur,' I wanted to take violence forward and play it up.
anger channel whenever work
I've become a lot more tolerant; I think before I talk. I can take a lot now. I don't get as angry as I used to. Whenever I do, I channel my anger into my work.