Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap isn’t one to shy away from hot topics. Being quick to hit back at people, the Gangs of Wasseypur filmmaker took a swipe at The Kashmir Files director Vivek Agnihotri just a day after her objected to Kashyap’s view that Kantara and Pushpa were destroying the industry and dubbed him as ‘Bollywood’s one and only Milord.’
Anurag Kashyap hits back at Vivek Agnihotri
During a recent interview, the Dobaaraa filmmaker expressed that Bollywood’s pan-Indian trend had driven it towards destroying itself. While many agreed with Anurag’s viewpoints, others disagreed, including The Kashmir Files director Vivek Agnihotri. Tweeting against Anurag’s statement he wrote, “I totally totally totally disagree with the views of Bollywood’s one & only Milord.”
However, Kashyap wasn’t one to back down easily. Taking a dig at Agnihotri’s tweet, the director responded. “Sir aapki galti nahin hai, aap ki filmon ki research bhi aisi hi hoti hai jaise aapki mere conversations pe tweet hai. Aapka aur aapki media ka bhi same haal hai. Koi nahin next time thoda serious research kar lena,” he hit back. (Rough translation: Sir, it isn’t your fault, you do the same research for your films as you do for your tweets about my conversations. You and your media are the same. No worries, do some serious research next time.)
Anurag Kashyap’s views on Kantara and Pushpa
Talking to Nagrah Manjule at a round table conference, Kashyap explained how the success of his directorial film Sairat destroyed the Marathi film industry. Additionally, he stated that while films like Kantara and Pushpa had encouraged people to tell their own stories, anyone who was attempting to emulate KGF Chapter 2’s success was heading for disaster. “That’s the bandwagon that Bollywood destroyed itself on. You have to find films that give you courage,” he stated.
