filmmaker Anurag Kashyap's popularity
and celluloid experiments make him the
ambassador of neo-cinema in India.
Part of his now-worldwide fame came
courtesy his films being downloaded
illegally online and the director, though
thankful for the popularity, is upset with
the bug that has infected the cinema
industry.
"I am thankful to piracy because it saved
cinema and my career and I get bothered
by it too that because of it our mainstream
cinema now worldwide has become only
about summer blockbusters and
superheroes and sequels. Torrents have killed meaningful cinema worldwide
because they are not like events and
people chose to see them on laptops," the
40-year-old posted during an online Q and
A session with his fans on user-generated
news links website Reddit today.
Mr Kashyap, who is known for making
critically acclaimed films on a tight budget
such as Gulal, Paanch, Black Friday, Dev D and the two part Gangs Of
Wasseypur series, also wrote that he is not in a rat
race for joining the so-called Rs 100 club in
Bollywood.
The director is now working on his
magnum opus Bombay Velvet with Ranbir Kapoor in the lead and, while his
contemporaries in Bollywood aim for the
coveted box office mark, Mr Kashyap is not
bothered.
"I will care about the 100 crore club when
my film costs more than 50 crore (in
budget), like with my next BV (Bombay Velvet that) needs to make more
than that (Rs 100 crore) to be sustainable for me in
the future (sic)," he wrote on Reddit. The
filmmaker also volleyed other questions
such as his involvement in the music of his
films.
"With music, I first look for the right
person, always a music director who has an
inclination to create than to deliver a hit
song and then he should have the time I
need," posted Mr Kashyap.
He justified his involvement further by
revealing that "minimum we have taken
on any film to create music is 18 months.
(On) Bombay Velvet, we have already spent four years, (on) Gulaal we
spent three years and (on) Gow (Gangs Of Wasseypur more than three
years. Music is developed
simultaneously along with the script (and
that) is why they go together well." He added, "lyricists are more often than
not chosen by the music director, he
throws choices at me and I respond as yes
or no and we discuss the script at every
stage amongst ourselves, and whenever
we pitch the film, it's always with ready music. That also explains why I always
work with a new music director."
Asked by a fan about how he gets past the
censor board, Mr Kashyap answered,
"Argue when they don't understand and
make sure that your film is powerful
enough for them to let it go and honest to
its milieu, so that it does not look like a cheap afterthought (sic)."
He also shrugged off the non-mainstream
tag that his unconventional films starring
either newcomers or theatre actors have
earned him.
"I have always believed I am mainstream. I
just didn't have stars. I will lose my place
only if I start to get dishonest with my film.
if I start to cater to the fandom, either
mine or the star's fandom, I will fail if not
at first then sooner than most. It does not matter who is in the film,
what matters is
why you are making it and how honest are
you to the material and to yourself," said
Mr Kashyap.
He also owns the rights to Indian comic
book superhero Doga. Asked if the much- awaited film on the dog-masked vigilante
will ever be made, Mr Kashyap replied:
"Doga aayega. Ussey bananey ke liye jitna paisa chahiye woh tabhi
milega jab Bombay Velvet superhit hogi. (Doga will be made. The budget
required to make the
film will be sanctioned only when Bombay Velvet is declared a
superhit) like GoW (Gangs Of Wasseypur led to BV (Bombay Velvet), BV
(Bombay Velvet) will lead to Doga."
Meanwhile, the director, who is known for
making edgy films, has "been dying to do a
comedy" and that too with a quirky title:
"How to be a capitalist via socialism".
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