Walking the walk

Anurag Kashyap says director is to blame for anything that goes wrong with a film.

MUMBAI: Anurag Kashyap says that failure of a film should be attributed to the director, because only he has the “power to say ‘yes’ or ‘no’” to a project.

“I might make a film but people may say it’s ‘just’ my film. I’ve always believed that as a filmmaker, I’m in a very different zone as compared to other. When a film works, the credit goes to the entire team but when it fails, only the director is to be blamed,” said Anurag in an interview.

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“And the point where he does not say ‘no’ is where his failures lie. In things that he did not stand up and say, ‘no this does not work’. So as a filmmaker, I’m in a very privileged position to say ‘yes’ or ‘no’, whereas whole lot of people are working all the time,” the director, whose last film Bombay Velvet bombed at the box office, added.

The Gangs of Wasseypur director, who started the production house Phantom Films with other filmmakers like Vikas Bahl, Madhu Mantena and Vikramaditya Motwane, is a “firm believer in collaborations.”

“I’ve always had a great team. I’m a firm believer in collaborations. Individually, you can be and survive but if you need to build something then there has to be collaborations since it’s very handy,” he said about working in a team.

Anurag’s last production, Masaan won critical acclaim by bagging two awards at Cannes Film Festival.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 23^rd, 2015.

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