Anurag Kashyap Quotes

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Anurag Kashyap

Profession : Director

Birth : September 10, 1972

'Aiyyaa' is a very quirky film.

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I'm a huge Coppola fan. But more of 'Apocalypse Now' and 'The Conversation.' 'The Godfather' for me is, like, number three or four on the list.

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The lower the cost of the film, the more you can experiment.

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For me, any kind of thing that has stood for 100 years tells me of the health of that thing. So, cinema completing a hundred years in India just says that it is very healthy.

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India needs better producers than screenwriters. No producer wants to invest in out-of-the way scripts.

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When I'm making a film, I don't want my producer to be on the sets. So when I'm producing a film, I don't want to be on the sets!

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Conventional Indian cinema is about people falling in love. They sing, they dance.

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Cinema is much more than heroes and villains.

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I do not make movies to send any message, but my treatment makes my viewers think on the subject.

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In India, there is a psychological problem that movies going to film festivals are boring. It is a problem with exhibitors.

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I used to spend a lot of time cutting out film posters from papers and putting them up on the wall in my room.

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The West sometimes doesn't understand Bollywood, but they can definitely understand how Bollywood influences people.

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'The Dark Knight' is a really good movie that reached both critics and mainstream audiences.

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I think I had more freedom when I began making films. I did not know what could not be done. I was naive. I did what I wanted to. As you gain awareness, you start losing freedom.

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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.

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The censor boards are mere redundant forces conspiring to keep the 'bold' films out of reach of the audience.

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Politicians take something out of context to create problems.

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I shoot reality-based movies, and in actual locations, shooting them with a star is next to impossible.

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