Anurag Kashyap Quotes

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Anurag Kashyap

Profession : Director

Birth : September 10, 1972

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.

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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.

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When you are very idealistic, but caught in a world which is all about business, it creates anguish.

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The quality of mainstream cinema has changed. A lot of independent voices feel they can leave everything behind and make independent films.

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Politicians need a film appreciation course.

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Independent graphic novelists have already achieved good work in terms of design, but all these great minds are writing in English. There is a need for people to write in Hindi.

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I am a straight talker. I am not politically correct or diplomatic.

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Studios never put pressure. They know the kind of films I want to make.

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It is an entirely selfish decision to turn producer because I want my kind of cinema to last and flourish, and helping young filmmakers make those kind of films is the best way to do it.

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I think the perspective that small-town directors bring to films is very different.

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Every film has an origin. It is made under certain circumstances, and that is a very important point that should be kept in mind during a review.

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People always accuse me of making these dark, depressing movies. 'Why do you have to pick up on real issues? People are so exhausted and miserable.'

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'Bombay Velvet' is my first film in a trilogy about Bombay, before it became a metropolis.

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I love travelling, and most scripts have been written while I have been travelling.

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My cards and flowers always got rejected on Valentines Day.

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In 'Gangs of Wasseypur,' I wanted to take violence forward and play it up.

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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.

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Through movies, I have met nearly everyone I have wanted to, except Woody Allen.

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It is very good to bridge the gaps between Indian and international cinema.

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I guess short films have a bright future... The advantage is budget.

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