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| Shantie Jagmohansingh-Ramlal interviewt Anurag Kashyap. Foto @ Amar Inderdjiet |
by Shantie Jagmohansingh-Ramlal
At the
third edition of the Indian Film Festival The Hague - IFFTH I interviewed
Anurag Kashyap at the premiere of his film Ugly (recently featured at Cannes).
Anurag Kashyap is an international celebrated and award winning filmmaker and
often described as the leading figure in a new kind of Indian Cinema. With
movies like Black Friday, Dev D, That girl with yellow boots, and (my personal
favorite) Gangs of Wasseypur he has given us stories with
unexpected twists and surprises, and always something edgy and groundbreaking
in it. Compared to the more mainstream Bollywood movies his work is different
and onconventional, much more realistic. The films include socially critical
issues as well, like corruption, abuse of power, domestic violence. Whether you
like his work or not, you will leave the cinema with a whole new experience and
with something to think about.
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| Shantie Jagmohansingh-Ramlal interviewt Anurag Kashyap. Foto @ Amar Inderdjiet |
About how
he a became a filmmaker, he said the following: “I grew up with the idea that
cinema is Bollywood, what we watch in the whole country. You never think of
participating in it, because you think you need some very special skill to do
something that is so unreal. But one moment I realised cinema can also be
different, and it can be done in a whole other way. That’s when I moved to
Mumbai. That’s where it all started, continu facing the rejections. I was
selfish, only fighting for me, I wanted my movie to be out there. But sometimes
one persons fight becomes a war for many people. Many people get involved and
fight with you. And then the media calls you the leading figure in a new kind
of Indian cinema, but that’s something that’s been thrust upon me. I’m trying
to step back from that, I just want to make my own films.”
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