Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap opened up about the state of the industry, and said that there are two kinds of directors in the commercial space — those who are honest about wanting to make money and nothing else, and then there are the opportunists. Contrary to popular belief, Anurag said, it’s the independent space that’s often more harsh. This is where people actually want to pull each other down.
Asked about the rise in feminist cinema in recent years, which offers a counterpoint to toxic male narratives, Anurag said in Hindi at an event in Kolkata, “I firmly believe that every filmmaker should have the right to make every kind of film.” He continued, “I know most filmmakers personally, even the most problematic ones. The commercial filmmakers, the people behind films like KGF and Salaar, are of two kinds. There are the opportunists, and those who are very honest about only wanting to make money and make hit films.”
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He added, “But the filmmakers who seem to be feminists, socialists, revolutionaries… Let me tell you that 90% of them are frauds. They’re all posturing. After so many years of trying to put together so many independent filmmakers, I’ve realised that independent filmmakers are the worst. Because all they’re doing is pulling each other down and calling each other names. What is the difference between the so-called intelligent people and the so-called fools? The fools are united. The ‘intelligent’ people are busy pulling each other down.”
Anurag said that all kinds of filmmakers should co-exist, and that the one thing he values more than anything else in a director is honesty. Citing the example of Italian director Pier Paolo Pasolini, Anurag said that he was the ultimate provocateur, someone who was murdered in broad daylight. “We revere him now, but he wasn’t revered in his society. Kurosawa wasn’t popular as in Japan as he was internationally… I haven’t made a hit film in my life,” he said, to a round of applause.
Anurag’s new film is the noir thriller Kennedy, starring Rahul Bhat and Sunny Leone. The film premiered at last year’s Cannes Film Festival, but still hasn’t secured a release date.
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Anurag Kashyap declares ‘90% of feminist filmmakers are frauds’: ‘All they do is pull each other down’ – The Indian Express
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