Quotes by Anurag Kashyap

About Anurag Kashyap:

Anurag Singh Kashyap is an Indian film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. He has received acclaim for his realistic films, and is often regarded as the face of an emerging new wave cinema for producing numerous independent films with newcomers. For his contributions to film, the Government of France awarded him the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters) in 2013.
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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.

Anurag Kashyap

Cinema is an art form.

Anurag Kashyap

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.

Anurag Kashyap

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.

Anurag Kashyap

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.

Anurag Kashyap

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

Anurag Kashyap

For me, any kind of thing that has stood for 100 years tells me of the health of that thing. So, cinema completing a hundred years in India just says that it is very healthy.

Anurag Kashyap

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.

Anurag Kashyap

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

Anurag Kashyap

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

Anurag Kashyap

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

Anurag Kashyap

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

Anurag Kashyap

I don't know if I'd ever want to show my college life in the films I make. I think I've passed that stage long ago.

Anurag Kashyap

Conventional Indian cinema is about people falling in love. They sing, they dance.

Anurag Kashyap

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

Anurag Kashyap

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

Anurag Kashyap

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.

Anurag Kashyap

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

Anurag Kashyap

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

Anurag Kashyap

We need to stop objectifying our women in what we call our second religion... Our films. And our TV shows.

Anurag Kashyap

Author Bio

  • NameAnurag Kashyap
  • DescriptionIndian film director, producer and screenwriter
  • BornSeptember 10, 1972
  • CountryIndia
  • ProfessionFilm Director; Film Producer; Actor; Author; Screenwriter
  • AwardsFilmfare Awards