Anurag Kashyap Quotes
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I want my films to be seen everywhere.
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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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There is more to Indian cinema than just Bollywood. I think regional cinema, especially Tamil and Marathi cinema, are exploring some really bold themes.
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The censor boards are mere redundant forces conspiring to keep the 'bold' films out of reach of the audience.
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In 'Gangs of Wasseypur,' I wanted to take violence forward and play it up.
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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 am a straight talker. I am not politically correct or diplomatic.
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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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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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I'm very emotional and possessive about all my films.
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Politicians take something out of context to create problems.
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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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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 was only in the early 1990s - during my student years as an aspiring scientist at Delhi University - that I discovered the world of cinema.
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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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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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Films are like oxygen for me.
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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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Indian films have this obsession with hygienic clean spaces, even though the country's not so clean. They're either shot in the studios or shot in London, in America, in Switzerland - clean places. Everywhere except India.
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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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Cinema is much more than heroes and villains.
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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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'The Dark Knight' is a really good movie that reached both critics and mainstream audiences.