Anurag Kashyap expressed his concern about the changing face of the Hindi film industry recently in an interview and said that he is disgusted by certain trends. The filmmaker-actor lashed out at talent management agencies for setting a wrong precedent and making stars out of actors. Due to this, he wants to move out of Mumbai next year.
In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter India, Anurag said, “Now it is difficult for me to go out and experiment as it comes at a cost, which makes my producers think about profit and margins. Right from the beginning, before the film starts, it becomes about how to sell it. So, the joy of filmmaking is sucked out. That’s why I want to move out of Mumbai next year. I am going to the South. I want to go where there is stimulation. Otherwise, I will die as an old man. I am so disappointed and disgusted by my own industry. I am disgusted by the mindset.”
Speaking of how agencies have taken over, Anurag said, “The first-generation actors and the really entitled ones are very painful to deal with. Nobody wants to act—they all want to be stars. The agency won’t make anybody a star, but the moment someone becomes a star, the agency makes money off them.”
He added, “The onus of finding talent is on you—you have to take a risk and firefight with 50 people. And when the film is made, the agency grabs them and turns them into a star. They will brainwash them and tell them what they need to do to become a star. They won’t send them to workshops but to the gym—it’s all glam-glam because they have to be massive stars.”
Anurag’s last directorial Kennedy is awaiting release. As an actor, he was recently seen in the Malayalam film, The Rifle Club.
