Anurag Kashyap Quotes

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Anurag Kashyap

Profession : Director

Birth : September 10, 1972

I'm very emotional and possessive about all my films.

Anurag Kashyap

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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Films are like oxygen for me.

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Chennai is the birthplace of a new language in cinema. The audiences here are the most evolved moviegoers to be found anywhere in India.

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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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We need to stop objectifying our women in what we call our second religion... Our films. And our TV shows.

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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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I am not born to make dreamy movies.

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I think about my films for a long time, maybe years, but I write them in days.

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I want my films to be seen everywhere.

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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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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.

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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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There shouldn't be any censorship on making a film.

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I've become a lot more tolerant; I think before I talk. I can take a lot now. I don't get as angry as I used to. Whenever I do, I channel my anger into my work.

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I love the digital camera because it makes shooting easier and economical. I shoot fast, and I can shoot a lot. I shoot rehearsal; I just keep on shooting nonstop.

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All those pseudo-Hollywood movies set nowhere, with everybody good looking and having great physique - that's not working any more.

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I love Back Stage. I have lots of theater friends and actors who depend on Back Stage.

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Cinema is an art form.

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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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