Anurag Kashyap Quotes
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Conventional Indian cinema is about people falling in love. They sing, they dance.
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Chennai is the birthplace of a new language in cinema. The audiences here are the most evolved moviegoers to be found anywhere in India.
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'Aiyyaa' is a very quirky film.
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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.
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Cinema is an art form.
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I think about my films for a long time, maybe years, but I write them in days.
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Indian films have this obsession with hygienic clean spaces, even though the country's not so clean. They're either shot in the studios or shot in London, in America, in Switzerland - clean places. Everywhere except India.
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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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It was only in the early 1990s - during my student years as an aspiring scientist at Delhi University - that I discovered the world of cinema.
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'The Dark Knight' is a really good movie that reached both critics and mainstream audiences.
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I'm very emotional and possessive about all my films.
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I think the Internet has changed the world.
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I guess short films have a bright future... The advantage is budget.
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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.
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Cinema is much more than heroes and villains.
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Kalki is the best thing that has ever happened to me. I am madly in love with her.
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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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Films are like oxygen for me.
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All those pseudo-Hollywood movies set nowhere, with everybody good looking and having great physique - that's not working any more.
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One must go for a film with an open mind; a film best impacts you when your mind is a blank page to the film.
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I want my films to be seen everywhere.
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I love travelling, and most scripts have been written while I have been travelling.
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The quality of mainstream cinema has changed. A lot of independent voices feel they can leave everything behind and make independent films.
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There is more to Indian cinema than just Bollywood. I think regional cinema, especially Tamil and Marathi cinema are exploring some really bold themes.
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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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I am a straight talker. I am not politically correct or diplomatic.
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There was a time I had resentment against everything mainstream.
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'Bombay Velvet' is my first film in a trilogy about Bombay, before it became a metropolis.
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Studios never put pressure. They know the kind of films I want to make.
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If you get validation from outside, then suddenly everything you do at home is justified.
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