New Delhi: Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap recently spoke about how big-budget films are failing to perform well at the box office and how the high-maintainence demands and teams of actors are to blame for this. In an interaction with Humans of Cinema, Anurag said that quite a lot of money goes into a film's production and that is not spent on making the movie but on catering to the demands of stars.
“I had never seen so many vanity vans on my set like I saw on Sacred Games... That’s how the culture got started. Then you can’t reverse that. Finally, those people started getting paid who were totally ignored, which is the technical crew… It’s fair, in a way. But a lot of extra things started coming in," he said.
On the big budget flops that have happened in the recent past, Anurag said, "They aren’t spending on just the film. One thing people need to understand is that when we make a film, we’re working, we’re creating something. It’s not a holiday, it’s not a picnic. A lot of money that is spent doesn’t go into making the film. It goes into the paraphernalia, it goes into the entourage. You’re shooting in the middle of a jungle, but one car will be sent to the city three hours away specifically to get you that five-star burger you want.”
Anurag Kashyap work front
On the work front, Anurag Kashap recently confirmed the cast of his next film, which also includes Malayali actor Joju George- who will be making his Hindi film debut with the film.
The project will star Bobby Deol, Sanya Malhotra, Sapna Pabbi,Riddhi Sen, Nagesh Bhonsle, and Ankush Gedam.
In May, Anurag Kashyap had shared a screenshot of a publication confirming the movie's casting on his official Instagram account.
Meanwhile, Anurag Kashyap's previous film 'Kennedy' still awaits theatrical release in India.