Anurag Kashyap is feeling relieved as he sits on the fourth floor of the Palais des Festivals, the Cannes Film Festival’s main venue. Kennedy, his picture, had its world premiere at the 76th Cannes Picture Festival during the Midnight Screenings program. He continued to smile and remarked, “It is the first time in my life that my film was screened at the prestigious Grand Theatre Lumiere, which is a dream for any filmmaker.”
It’s becoming commonplace to run into Anurag Kashyap during the numerous Cannes film screenings. He enjoys telling his own stories as much as he enjoys watching films. What then does he anticipate from his films? “My only hope is that the audience understands what I’m trying to say and what I put into the movie,” the director stated.
Calls Sunny Leone special
Anurag Kashyap claims that he always thought Sunny Leone would be ideal for the part. He said, “We held an audition to see if Sunny would be interested in doing a low-budget movie like ours.” A few years ago, Anurag saw her in a TV interview when she held her own against the interviewer’s attempts to make fun of her for being in the adult entertainment business.
“I knew she was unique based on the way she returned it to him.” She is a mother to me as well. How amazing she is as a mother. The fact that people are unable to look past her past or past her appearance is depressing. Gaze directly into her eyes. You will see so much more of her,” Anurag remarked.
As our conversation comes to an end, I ask him if he ever feels overburdened by the expectations that other people have of him. What particular aspect of being Anurag Kashyap does he detest? Pat responds, “Wasseypur (the Wasseypur Gangs)! People always assume that the movie I make will be Gangs of Wasseypur. I will no longer satisfy your demands to create Gangs of Wasseypur. That has been completed.
