
Director Anurag Kashyap has been fighting a one-sided war with Bollywood for quite some time now. After bashing makers for using the ‘pan-India’ formula, Anurag Kashyap has now blamed Bollywood for his depression.
Anurag Kashyap claimed that he has quit drinking after leaving Bombay and does not watch Bollywood movies anymore.
In an interview with Sudhir Srinivasan, Anurag said, “I went into a depression. I’ve come out of it. I’m enjoying myself now. One thing I did was, I stopped watching Hindi films. I started watching a lot of films from first-time filmmakers, I started watching a lot of Malayalam films.”
Talking about the Hindi film industry, he added, “Hindi filmmakers have been avoiding me, because they think I’m bad news, because they think I have no filter and I talk. They think that if they get associated with me, they might not get (to work with) some studio or somebody else will get upset. And I’ve come to a place that I’m inspired by, and people have so much love for me.”
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“Why am I in a place where I’m being told that people are talking about your alcoholism, people are talking about your depression, people are saying you’re losing your way. They’re trying to be my saviour and telling me what I must do to save me from myself” added Anurag.
About his drinking habits, the Gangs of Wasseypur director said, “I don’t have to deal with people. Automatically, I started exercising. Automatically, I started writing.”
Anurag had earlier criticised the Hindi film industry for being overly driven by financial concerns, admitting that several actors he once worked closely with have now begun to distance themselves and even ghost him. He also revealed that he struggled with mental health issues after his ambitious passion project, the Netflix series Maximum City, was suddenly shelved.
On the work front, Anurag Kashyap is gearing up for his next directorial venture, Nishaanchi, which will be released on September 19.
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