Anurag Kashyap Quotes
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India needs better producers than screenwriters. No producer wants to invest in out-of-the way scripts.
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I guess short films have a bright future... The advantage is budget.
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It is very good to bridge the gaps between Indian and international cinema.
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Entertainment's definition has been reduced to making people happy.
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Cinema is an art form.
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When you are very idealistic, but caught in a world which is all about business, it creates anguish.
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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.
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Studios never put pressure. They know the kind of films I want to make.
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'Bombay Velvet' is my first film in a trilogy about Bombay, before it became a metropolis.
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I think the perspective that small-town directors bring to films is very different.
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I used to spend a lot of time cutting out film posters from papers and putting them up on the wall in my room.
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I think about my films for a long time, maybe years, but I write them in days.
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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.
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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.
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The quality of mainstream cinema has changed. A lot of independent voices feel they can leave everything behind and make independent films.
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The West sometimes doesn't understand Bollywood, but they can definitely understand how Bollywood influences people.
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Politicians need a film appreciation course.
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My cards and flowers always got rejected on Valentines Day.
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'Aiyyaa' is a very quirky film.
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I am not born to make dreamy movies.
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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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I want my films to be seen everywhere.
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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.
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The censor boards are mere redundant forces conspiring to keep the 'bold' films out of reach of the audience.