Anurag Kashyap To Move Out Of Bollywood: 'I Am Disgusted By The Mindset'
Anurag Kashyap feels that Bollywood has 'sucked out' his creative juices. The filmmaker recently sat down for an interview where he spoke about moving out of the film industry.
Anurag Kashyap feels that Bollywood has 'sucked out' his creative juices. The filmmaker recently sat down for an interview where he spoke about moving out of the film industry. The 'Gangs of Wasseypur' filmmaker spoke about the mismanagement culture of talent agencies which set a wrong example by pushing aspiring actors to become stars and then abandoning them when they failed to deliver.
Anurag Kashyap on rising costs of filmmaking
In a conversation with The Hollywood Reporter, Anurag spoke about the high costs of filmmaking, attributing that to rising salaries. He said, "Now it is difficult for me to go out and experiment as it comes at a cost, which makes my producers think about profit and margins. Right from the beginning, before the film starts, it becomes about how to sell it. So, the joy of filmmaking is sucked out. That’s why I want to move out of Mumbai next year. I am going to the South. I want to go where there is stimulation. Otherwise, I will die as an old man. I am so disappointed and disgusted by my own industry. I am disgusted by the mindset.”
Kashyap also spoke about how films like 'Manjummel Boys' could never be made in Hindi cinema but, if successful, are more likely to be remade. "The mindset is to remake what’s already worked. They won’t try anything new,” he said.
On damaging culture of talent management agencies
The acclaimed filmmaker was critical of the damaging culture fostered by agencies among budding actors. Kashyap said, "The first-generation actors and the really entitled ones are very painful to deal with. Nobody wants to act—they all want to be stars. The agency won’t make anybody a star, but the moment someone becomes a star, the agency makes money off them. The onus of finding talent is on you—you have to take a risk and firefight with 50 people. And when the film is made, the agency grabs them and turns them into a star. They will brainwash them and tell them what they need to do to become a star. They won’t send them to workshops but to the gym—it’s all glam-glam because they have to be massive stars.”
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