Anurag Kashyap Quotes

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

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

I love Back Stage. I have lots of theater friends and actors who depend on Back Stage.

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

I love the digital camera because it makes shooting easier and economical. I shoot fast, and I can shoot a lot. I shoot rehearsal; I just keep on shooting nonstop.

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

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

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

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

I think about my films for a long time, maybe years, but I write them in days.

My cards and flowers always got rejected on Valentines Day.

I am not born to make dreamy movies.

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

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

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.

When violence is real and you flinch away from it, violence does not push people to try and imitate that. Often, we shun the violence that makes us flinch, because it disturbs us. And what makes us uncomfortable and disturbs us is not often bad. What disturbs us will not make us imitate that.

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.

I think the Internet has changed the world.

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

When people who are seeking change start out, they are driven by commitment to a cause. But as internecine power struggles take over, one-time idealists fall prey to corruption. They become just as corrupt and manipulative as the system that they want to overthrow.

I'm very emotional and possessive about all my films.

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

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.

First, stop making formula films that people have already started rejecting.

This year, several big budget films haven't been entertained by the audience.Still stars continue to dictate terms.

The youth wants new good content.

From htcafe
Saturday,Dec.20,2014

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.

To get noticed, I had to take my films in a space which was much more democratic in terms of cinema - the international film festivals.

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.

I've become a lot more tolerant; I think before I talk. I can take a lot now. I don't get as angry as I used to. Whenever I do, I channel my anger into my work.

All those pseudo-Hollywood movies set nowhere, with everybody good looking and having great physique - that's not working any more.

There shouldn't be any censorship on making a film.

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

Films are like oxygen for me.

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.

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

I want my films to be seen everywhere.

I am still where I started. I am still struggling. In fact, the struggle has only got bigger. I always try to go beyond my means, and this where the struggle comes in.

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

Cinema is an art form.

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!

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.

Kalki is the best thing that has ever happened to me. I am madly in love with her.

I didn't ask anyone to make me a poster boy, because poster boys always end up on dart boards.