Anurag Kashyap Opens Up About Boycott Culture Of Bollywood

India’s one of the most adored and acclaimed directors in the nation is Anurag Kashyap. He has produced timeless Bollywood films. Anurag’s movies are unvarnished, real, and frequently have a compelling plot that keeps viewers glued to their seats. When it comes to filmmaking, his approach has always been laudable and distinctive.

However, he is also a quite polarizing figure. The attention of his fans and followers is frequently drawn by his daring, outspoken attitude in addition to the fact that he is a superb filmmaker. His critical remarks about the establishment and the social reality of India have always made headlines.

While lots of people laud him for his daring nature, he is also the target of criticism every time. Lots of people don’t like him and trolled him for what he said. But one thing that naysayers also can’t deny is that he is one of those who doesn’t hesitate to talk about some of the less discussed subjects of the industry and country.

Meanwhile, he recently opened up about his thoughts on “boycott culture” in Bollywood and the country which has gone crazy over the last several years.

So, let’s find out what he exactly said:

Anurag Kashyap says he can’t think of making Gangs of Wasseypur kind of films today

In a recent interview with The Indian Express, Anurag Kashyap, whose movies frequently smashed various viewership records, recently stated that the current political climate in the nation prevents him from producing critically acclaimed films like his previous films, “Black Friday” and “Gangs of Wasseypur.”

Anurag said,

Today if I have to make a Black Friday or a Gangs of Wasseypur, I don’t think I can make it. Because I have seen it, I have tried to, I have written a lot of scripts but there are no takers. There are no takers for a lot of films which are remotely about politics or religion.

Talking about fear which prevents him from making such kinds of films, Anurag underlined that fear is present and its effects are obvious to all. He further went on to ask,

Those things people are scared about. There are just no takers, so how do you make them? How do you make a film if you have to say something in today’s day and age?

Anurag Kashyap claims that he along with other artists are placed in an “extremely unfair fight”

As artists are battling against the “unfair” system, Anurag Kashyap views the matter pragmatically rather than from an emotive standpoint. He said,

We are in a place where we have an extremely unfair fight. It is an unfair game. If there is a match between two teams, each team will have 11 players each. Here, one team has one player and the other has all 11, including the umpire, the players sitting on the bench, the scoreboard and even the entire stadium! What will that lone person do standing against them? There is nothing that we can do.

Anurag Kashyap’s thoughts on weaponizing the Boycott culture

The hashtags that are used as social media weapons against the movie industry are another source of the filmmaker’s dismay.

From calls for a boycott of Bollywood movies to demands for justice for Sushant Singh Rajput, whose death in 2020 has spiraled out of control into a social and political movement that periodically rules the internet. And it hasn’t been over yet.

The most recent movies to get boycott requests from certain social media users are Laal Singh Chaddha, starring Aamir Khan, and Raksha Bandhan, starring Akshay Kumar, which have not even been released. Lots of netizens are using social media as a weapon to mass boycott these films for several reasons.

That’s why Anurag claimed that individuals in the nation are currently surrounded by the “boycott culture,” in which a person’s importance is inversely correlated with their participation in the hashtag. He said,

We are living in very strange times. Two years later, Sushant Singh Rajput still trends everyday. These are strange times, where everything is to be boycotted. It is not just one side, it is happening across. Everyone is being boycotted: political parties, Indian cricket team, everyone. This country now has a boycott culture. if you are not being boycotted, then you don’t matter.

According to Anurag Kashyap, we must accept the new reality

Anurag has hope, nevertheless, as he prepares for the premiere of his most recent film, Dobaaraa. According to the director, the best course of action is to just accept the current circumstances and seek answers in order to live and prosper. He said,

We are dealing with the consequences of our own choices, whatever it is, we have to accept it. You cannot sit here and say ‘oh no’. There are lots of countries which have survived a lot. There is also a way to survive and continue doing something, continue being relevant. Or do nothing, just exist.

 

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His forthcoming movie “Dobaara” stars Taapsee Pannu and will be released in theatres on August 19.