Anurag Kashyap is, perhaps, one of the most honest people in the industry. He isn’t known to be one to sugarcoat his words, and his brutally honest nature has put him in a fix a lot of times.
In a recent interview, Kashyap was questioned about the situation of many production houses running into losses and eventually shutting down, and he shared what was on his mind, unfiltered.
Aiming indirect jabs at Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, and Akshay Kumar for being on Forbes’ highest paid actors list, Kashyap was quoted as saying,
“I am not blaming the actors for this, all the blame should be passed on to the producers as they are ready to pay the actor such high amount. Why wouldn’t the actor take that money? If someone pays me, even I would take that.”
Kashyap pointed out the primary difference between Hollywood and Bollywood, saying that the movie is given more importance in the West, as opposed to the actors who are coddled more here.
“Films should be made because the director or producer believes in the script. You shed an old skin and grow a new one. To give rise to new, the old one has to die.”
Kashyap said that studios will always be important for Bollywood, as they bring a certain substance and order to the industry. But what the industry lacks are passionate directors and producers who would not compromise money behind big actors for their vision of creating a film-viewing experience, rather than just a star-studded film.
The dig on the top earning actors wasn’t subtle as such, but it’s interesting to see what reactions it will garner.
News source: The Indian Express
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