Anurag Kashyap opened up recently about his decision of moving out of Mumbai as he was not happy with how the Hindi film industry functioned. He said that he even went into depression and stopped watching Hindi films and switched to Malayalam movies.
In an interview with Sudhir Srinivasan on YouTube, Anurag shared how people stopped meeting him as they felt he was going out of control. “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,” he said.
He added, “Hindi filmmakers have been avoiding me, because they think I’m bad new, 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.”
Anurag said that he got a lot of love from filmmakers down South which made him question his decision to stay in Mumbai. “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,” he said.
In recent years, Anurag has acted in films from the South industry, including, the Tamil films, Maharaja and Viduthalai Part 2 and the Malayalam film, Rifle Club.
The director is coming up with a new film, Nishaanchi, which marks the debut of Aaishvary Thackeray, in a double role and also features Vedika Pinto, Monika Panwar, Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub, and Kumud Mishra. As per an earlier press release, Nishaanchi has been described as “a film that delves into the complex lives of two brothers who walk starkly different paths, uncovering how their choices shape their destinies.”
It is set to be released in theatres on September 19.
