Anurag Kashyap feels that everyone gets offended very easily, as he is a filmmaker who is known to make realistic and unabashed films. He also states that it has become difficult to be an artist now, as the things have become scary. “I wonder if films like 'Achhut Kannya' (1936) or 'Aandhi' (1975) could even get made or see a release [today]. The way things are, it’s pretty scary. Everyone gets offended so easily that it is becoming increasingly difficult to be an artist.”
Anurag Kashyap further added, “I would always want to show the circumstances that are around characters in my film because they make that character. I’m not a politician and I don’t have a political agenda to show anything. I’m not afraid to talk about the truth. Because 10 years down the line, or in future, the world will look at all this and see how people talk about truth and lies according to their own convenience. So, I want to make a comment on the consequences of such decisions.”
Talking about the issues of ‘Udta Punjab he said, “There was so much said... that ‘Udta Punjab’ will destroy Punjab. That it’s maligning politicians, this and that. Did anything happen after the film released? People just create unnecessary hype and problems.”
Anurag Kashyap concluded by saying, “These days people [blindly] believe what is being circulated on Whatsapp. You send anything that sounds like news and people will believe it to be news.” He shared an experience of the fake news on Whatsapp, Someone sent me a message that (Hollywood actor) Morgan Freeman has died. And I believed it and started telling people about it. It was only later, that my friends pointed out that he is still alive. But you know that’s how you end up believing what’s not fake, thanks to Whatsapp.”
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