Bollywood filmmaker Anurag Kashyap has as soon as once more expressed his sturdy opinions on the state of the Hindi movie business.
Based on Indian media reviews, Kashyap criticised Bollywood filmmakers, claiming they lack the creativity and ‘brains’ to provide movies like Pushpa: The Rise or Pushpa 2: The Rule.
In a latest interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Kashyap remarked that Bollywood lacks the “brains” required to create a challenge of the caliber of Pushpa.
He acknowledged, “They (Bollywood filmmakers) don’t perceive what filmmaking really is. A movie like Pushpa can solely be made by Sukumar. Within the South Indian movie business, filmmakers are empowered and supported via funding. Right here [in Bollywood], everyone seems to be simply making an attempt to construct a universe.”
Kashyap additional elaborated, saying, “Do they even perceive their very own universes and the way insignificant they’re inside them? That is ego. While you create a universe, you begin believing you might be God.”
It’s value noting that Pushpa 2, a Telugu movie starring Allu Arjun and Rashmika Mandanna, has turn into one of many highest-grossing movies of 2024, incomes important income in India and internationally.