Anurag Kashyap Quotes
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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.
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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.
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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 Dark Knight' is a really good movie that reached both critics and mainstream audiences.
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I don't know if I'd ever want to show my college life in the films I make. I think I've passed that stage long ago.
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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.
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I want my films to be seen everywhere.
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I love Back Stage. I have lots of theater friends and actors who depend on Back Stage.
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Politicians take something out of context to create problems.
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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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I shoot reality-based movies, and in actual locations, shooting them with a star is next to impossible.
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In 'Gangs of Wasseypur,' I wanted to take violence forward and play it up.
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I didn't ask anyone to make me a poster boy, because poster boys always end up on dart boards.
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I'm a huge Coppola fan. But more of 'Apocalypse Now' and 'The Conversation.' 'The Godfather' for me is, like, number three or four on the list.
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Every film has an origin. It is made under certain circumstances, and that is a very important point that should be kept in mind during a review.
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Cinema is much more than heroes and villains.
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There shouldn't be any censorship on making a film.
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I'm very emotional and possessive about all my films.
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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.
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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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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.
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I do not make movies to send any message, but my treatment makes my viewers think on the subject.
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Films are like oxygen for me.