Anurag Kashyap: The world I want to create, I cannot create it if the star comes with his stardom
| Jan 18, 2018, 12:34 IST
Anurag Kashyap, whose latest film ‘Mukkabaaz’ is going well at the box-office, stated that he wants to expand the reach if his films. He wants to make more socially relevant movies. As Anurag Kashyap is known to make raw language films, but his last project was different. The filmmaker stated that he wants to reach out to more audience.
Talking about ‘Bombay Velvet’ the filmmaker said, “I know I have done that, but I am done with experimentation and I am back in my zone. The world I want to create, I cannot create it if the star comes with his stardom. There is market pressure. Whenever the question of star versus director arises, everybody will always be on the star’s side. How do you fight that? Chahte the but nahi hai abhi waisa (I wanted to make a difference but we do not function accordingly yet). I agree. I have got an audience, which is why I can make a film with Vineet Singh as the lead.”
Anurag Kashyap talks about his latest venture ‘Mukkabaaz’, “Sports movie ka idea fix hai. Humari country me sab kuch mere haath me to hai nahi. (The idea of sports films is fixed here, I do not control everything in our country.) ‘Mukkabaaz’ is a sports drama. This is not about victory. It is like a biopic of an unknown, unsuccessful sportsperson. In the process, we are covering many grounds. ‘Mukkabaaz’ is about family, dreams, government jobs, and aspirations. Elaborating about cow vigilantes, mob lynching, caste system and other issues raised in his film, the filmmaker says, “Jo chees society me hai wo to film me rahegi (Whatever exists in our society will be there in the film).”
Talking about CBFC he said, “I was asked by the board, my intention to make this film and I spoke freely and fearlessly and was accorded the respect of a filmmaker by CBFC. Last time that happened was GOW #Mukkabaaz. The Voluntary audio deletion was the difference between the A certificate and the U/A #Mukkabaaz. Thank you @prasoonjoshi_ and @smritiirani and the board and the revising committee panel. Just to be given space to speak freely and fearlessly makes it all so worth it. #Mukkabaaz,” Anurag had tweeted.
He further added, “They (members of CBFC) were so rational about it. They just asked me about my intention. I said nothing; they said the incidents in my film have parallels. But all that also exists in our society. They did not object as my film does not point fingers, it simply shows you what is happening in our society these days.”
When asked about the politics in the film industry the filmmaker said, “Politicians will always be there and they will always take advantage. Socio-political cinema is used to talk about the people and people believe in certain things. They get used and misused and that is what our cinema should shows. People have imbibed casteism and now we also witness reverse casteism. UP se to kabhi gaya hi nahi casteism, people still ask me about my caste. But now it is spreading even in the cities.”
Talking about ‘Bombay Velvet’ the filmmaker said, “I know I have done that, but I am done with experimentation and I am back in my zone. The world I want to create, I cannot create it if the star comes with his stardom. There is market pressure. Whenever the question of star versus director arises, everybody will always be on the star’s side. How do you fight that? Chahte the but nahi hai abhi waisa (I wanted to make a difference but we do not function accordingly yet). I agree. I have got an audience, which is why I can make a film with Vineet Singh as the lead.”
Anurag Kashyap talks about his latest venture ‘Mukkabaaz’, “Sports movie ka idea fix hai. Humari country me sab kuch mere haath me to hai nahi. (The idea of sports films is fixed here, I do not control everything in our country.) ‘Mukkabaaz’ is a sports drama. This is not about victory. It is like a biopic of an unknown, unsuccessful sportsperson. In the process, we are covering many grounds. ‘Mukkabaaz’ is about family, dreams, government jobs, and aspirations. Elaborating about cow vigilantes, mob lynching, caste system and other issues raised in his film, the filmmaker says, “Jo chees society me hai wo to film me rahegi (Whatever exists in our society will be there in the film).”
Talking about CBFC he said, “I was asked by the board, my intention to make this film and I spoke freely and fearlessly and was accorded the respect of a filmmaker by CBFC. Last time that happened was GOW #Mukkabaaz. The Voluntary audio deletion was the difference between the A certificate and the U/A #Mukkabaaz. Thank you @prasoonjoshi_ and @smritiirani and the board and the revising committee panel. Just to be given space to speak freely and fearlessly makes it all so worth it. #Mukkabaaz,” Anurag had tweeted.
He further added, “They (members of CBFC) were so rational about it. They just asked me about my intention. I said nothing; they said the incidents in my film have parallels. But all that also exists in our society. They did not object as my film does not point fingers, it simply shows you what is happening in our society these days.”
When asked about the politics in the film industry the filmmaker said, “Politicians will always be there and they will always take advantage. Socio-political cinema is used to talk about the people and people believe in certain things. They get used and misused and that is what our cinema should shows. People have imbibed casteism and now we also witness reverse casteism. UP se to kabhi gaya hi nahi casteism, people still ask me about my caste. But now it is spreading even in the cities.”