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
impact mind pages
One must go for a film with an open mind; a film best impacts you when your mind is a blank page to the film.
home validation justified
If you get validation from outside, then suddenly everything you do at home is justified.
thinking world internet
I think the Internet has changed the world.
oxygen film
Films are like oxygen for me.
falling-in-love people cinema
Conventional Indian cinema is about people falling in love. They sing, they dance.
woody mets wanted
Through movies, I have met nearly everyone I have wanted to, except Woody Allen.
hero heroes-and-villains cinema
Cinema is much more than heroes and villains.
country america space
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.
thinking messages treatment
I do not make movies to send any message, but my treatment makes my viewers think on the subject.
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.
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.
admission batch class completed honours school treated zoology
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.
film bright-future advantage
I guess short films have a bright future... The advantage is budget.
struggle fall commitment
When people who are seeking change start out, they are driven by commitment to a cause. But as internecine power struggles take over, one-time idealists fall prey to corruption. They become just as corrupt and manipulative as the system that they want to overthrow.