Archive for the ‘My Diary’

  • 121
    The sureshot highs of next five months
    Had a great week.. saw some incredible movies and they underline the changing face of indian cinema.. here are the must watch hindi movies of next few months and believe me we have a great year ahead.. JOHNNY GADDAR- sriram raghavan is back and how, a MBA turned gangster, who tries to pull off few tricks too many and it’s all mayhem then onwards.. some rock solid...
    by Anurag Kashyap at July 27th, 2007 at 01:07 pm
  • 14
    Saddest mail I ever got
    Just got this newsletter from my favourite bookshop in the world, it’s closing down..and its even sadder that i won’t be there at it’s closing party.. the one place which became the necessary visit everytime i visited NewYork..one of the last few that remain in the world which really is only about the books i love.. somebody who can be there, pl be there...
    by Anurag Kashyap at July 19th, 2007 at 12:07 pm
  • 199
    Trying to make my film in the big bad bollywood- Dev.D. and others
    Now that it has been announced.. so let me say it here.. i am making Dev. D. in november with abhay deol.. we have been trying to make this since last year, never could find any takers, because the industry makes proposals and not films.. initially i would be very tentative about my intention to make this, because i didn’t want to jeopardise my so called market that’s...
    by Anurag Kashyap at July 9th, 2007 at 01:07 pm
  • 38
    MUST WATCH- Four Eyed Monsters
    I have been so edgy all week, things are happening for me, producers want to make my films, the big films with stars but no one wants to make my smaller films which I am so dying to make.. I tried writing a post then deleted it.. I have been hating everything happening around me, and then my friend sends me this link for a film called “Four Eyed Monsters”.. and it...
    by Anurag Kashyap at July 4th, 2007 at 10:07 am
  • 53
    4 months, 3 weeks, 2 days- a lesson learnt
    P.S.- the following post contins spoilers.. it was a late call by shahnab on sudhir mishra’s behalf that screwed my next night.. was at fun at nine sharp with my sfx supervisor David.. the movie unfolded.. grainy colored images of a dorm room and a girl next to the window, trying to clean up her table, talking to someone offscreen, taking off the plastic table cover,...
    by Anurag Kashyap at May 31st, 2007 at 02:05 pm
  • 146
    Who the fuck i think i am?
    exactly.. who am I? I in capital..I walked into Ruby Tuesday at the infinity mall and there was this man.. i never found out who?.. and he said “Finally” and i looked at him like Travis bickle looked into the mirror and asked “you talking to me”.. only difference being i wasn’t carrying any guns.. mr. anurag kashyap, the man who thinks he...
    by Anurag Kashyap at May 30th, 2007 at 02:05 pm
  • 68
    Hardboiled Bollywood- Ek Chaalis…
    Let me say it straight out..this is not a review , like my thoughts on metro were not a review..just my opinion.. Just saw ek Chaalis ki last local, got back and was curious to see how the critics have reacted to it..Guess its time for me to apologise to khalid mohammad for he saw, what I knew he would, but will not accept it or say it.. I came back prepared that he would...
    by Anurag Kashyap at May 18th, 2007 at 01:05 pm
  • 76
    NO SMOKING- Edit locked
    Finally .. A nightmare of a process is over.. after three months in the editing room, we have it locked.. we missed the Cannes deadline .. we haven’t yet announced the poster contest winner.. we missed a lot else.. so much for telling everyone that it will be a hundred minute film.. I ended making a 160 minute film.. its so painful to cut out your favourite shots.....
    by Anurag Kashyap at May 13th, 2007 at 12:05 am
  • 54
    BLOODY MURDERERS OF CULT
    Hollywood killed DAVID GOODIS.. the French resurrected him posthumously.. the film that made him famous came out the year he died.. SHOOT THE PIANO PLAYER.. and to tell the world that it was the same book that Truffaut made a film on DOWN THERE was rechristened shoot the piano player.. how sad is that.. that often has been the case with hard boiled, noirists.. barring...
    by Anurag Kashyap at May 13th, 2007 at 12:05 am
  • 99
    Looking for excuses for SHAKALAKA FUCK FUCK
    Nowhere to hide..I can’t even say it was another Anurag kashyap..the only other anurag kashyap is a 13 year old spelling bee champion..too much of a mozart to be a part of this himesh ensemble..the joke is on me..i didn’t even get paid enough for this creative nadir..the cheques stopped coming way back..so can’t even say i was paid a lot because no lot...
    by Anurag Kashyap at April 10th, 2007 at 05:04 pm
  • 106
    The New Wave is coming..BHEJA FRY and MANORAMA-SIX FEET UNDER
    Have been busy shifting houses, doing post production, hanuman and what not..have been avoiding the world in general..it took one brilliant movie to bring me out of my hibernation..then it was followed by another downright hilarious comedy of manners..and a third one that i have been hearing so much about but have not yet managed to see it..all of them by debutant filmmakers..all...
    by Anurag Kashyap at April 8th, 2007 at 09:04 pm
  • 171
    BLACK FRIDAY- INTROSPECTING?????
    The Author loses his authority over what he has created the moment his work is put into the commercial arena, or in the public domain..thats the first lesson i learnt about filmmaking..Black Friday is finally released and i am not able to react..i have been locked in, tired of answering the same questions..seeing all the euphoria around..they are doing to black friday...
    by Anurag Kashyap at February 13th, 2007 at 11:02 pm
  • 57
    A Bychance meeting with Danis Tanovic
    Was at Mariott this evening and guess who i walk into..danis tanovic looking for a black stone in the jewellery shop..he is casting for his next film..we talked for a while and came out inspired..the guy has some strong opinions.. he liked water and i told him i wrote dialogues so he congratulated me..i told him i hated the movie..he said you should be proud of it..loveleen...
    by Anurag Kashyap at February 6th, 2007 at 08:02 am
  • 43
    BLACK FRIDAY-insecurities..
    If you can’t beat them, do not join them..arrange to have them beaten..and how do you arrange that..by prayers? get God on your side? does he care? is he there?..rest of the industry wants you to help them grow, they don’t want you to grow..have i started believing in conspiracy theories..am i getting delusional again or am i reading too much into things..What...
    by Anurag Kashyap at January 29th, 2007 at 10:01 pm
  • 54
    BLACK FRIDAY-Finally…
    The media blitzkrieg has started..i am giving interviews everywhere..its all so strange..people ask the same questions..nothing new they have to ask me..its all so scary..i am told all the publicity we can get from the film is fine..i have started looking like a publicity hound.. Black Friday is finally releasing on 9th february..i am scared i just might breakdown..what...
    by Anurag Kashyap at January 28th, 2007 at 01:01 pm
  • 219
    JOHN ABRAHAM- Just wondering
    We just got back from Bhuj yesterday, we were in a no network area so the moment we hit the airport everyone was on their phone..John’s phone won’t stop ringing..his friends calling up to congratulate him on Kabul Express..then suddenly i saw another emotion pass on his face and i asked him what happened..he said nothing..i prodded him..he looked at me and...
    by Anurag Kashyap at December 17th, 2006 at 10:12 am
  • 70
    Life is unfair , Get used to it….
    I am so frustrated and desperate..i haven’t been shooting for last i don’t know how many days..i went to Bhuj to finalise my location for my four shot scene..its a problem to take the vehicle i need to shoot because of octroi and other troubles..and the bloody jeep averages just two KMs a litres and will take five days to reach Bhuj by road..so for it to reach...
    by Anurag Kashyap at December 14th, 2006 at 01:12 pm
  • 38
    SATYA-the true story PART 2
    Saurabh and me wrote a draft..he was simultaneously writing a play called KAAL..after we finished we came back to bombay..another thing i forgot to tell you..when saurabh met Ramu for the first time and Ramu narrated him what he had in mind..Saurabh spontanously came up with that scene where bhiku comes back home drunk and shefali slaps him and he slaps her back..Ramu...
    by Anurag Kashyap at November 26th, 2006 at 12:11 pm
  • 31
    SATYA- the true story PART 1
    There never was a bound script..i did not write the whole film..nobody did..there is a whole lot of myth surrounding the film..it happened..like every other great film..like sholay happened..no individual created Satya..passion did..most of which came from ramu..his being open to moments, ideas, to instincts, created it..it was a different time..it was a different Ramu.. How...
    by Anurag Kashyap at November 25th, 2006 at 11:11 am
  • 20
    NO SMOKING- happy days are here again
    finally i can say that i am happy..things are going great..John has opened up tremendously..he has become so uninhibited..ayesha takia is a natural..now the complete onus of a fucked up film lies with me..if anything goes wrong, it will be my fault..we improvised so many scenes..i still am shooting K’s house..i am also lagging by two days on the house schedule.. yesterday...
    by Anurag Kashyap at November 19th, 2006 at 11:11 am
  • 57
    NO SMOKING-Paresh rawal to be my Gabbar
    Ramu has got his Gabbar..and i have found mine..finally..he plays “Shri shri prakash Guru ghantal baba bangali sealdah wale” in my film..the role for which we chased everyone from Pankaj Kapoor to Big B to Irrfan .. we now need to discuss the look and the language and the atmosphere..the nether world that he thrives in.. Adnan Sami sang our first song..The...
    by Anurag Kashyap at November 11th, 2006 at 12:11 pm
  • 31
    NO SMOKING-Frustrations galore
    The reason we are so behind as a a filmmaking nation is that we don’t love making films..since i started this blog there are only advices and complains from the filmmaking fraternity..am drunk out of my mind..my sound equipment hung up on me..i couldn’t take the vertical shot of the hospital because the camera didn’t have a vertical tilt grip..the problem...
    by Anurag Kashyap at November 7th, 2006 at 12:11 am
  • 44
    NO SMOKING-Finally begun..
    Finally shooting has begun..finally Ayesha Takia is locked in..finally major problems have begun..The day before the shoot, finally when K(john abraham)’s car arrived,,i really didn’t know what i had gotten myself into..Pajero from the fiat era..that looked like a beaten up safari..now how can my character who lives on the 35th floor in worli, signs cheques...
    by Anurag Kashyap at October 27th, 2006 at 06:10 am
  • 68
    NO SMOKING-hmmmmmmm so many decisions still not taken
    Spent yesterday waiting for John to get free from his meeting..saw the thai-combodian-hongkong movie Dog bite dog..outstanding..FACEOFF meets OLDBOY ..rajkumar got upset with me because i asked someone to get me tickets for DON.. Raj k.-”how can you watch other films in the middle of your shoot”.. ME .-”sameway like you have the sexual urge 24/7″ he...
    by Anurag Kashyap at October 18th, 2006 at 12:10 am
  • 32
    NO SMOKING-8 years in the making
    It all started eight years ago when i was shooting for SATYA that Ramu told me a story about a chain smoker who gets into trouble with someone who hates smoking( a variation of which he shot in DARNA MANA HAI)..that sparked off an idea..which Ramu instantly laughed and scoffed at..i thought there was something in there but i didn’t know what..i toyed with it for...
    by Anurag Kashyap at October 16th, 2006 at 02:10 pm
  • 58
    NO SMOKING-three days to go
    I am so scared..i feel like i don’t know anything..three days to go and we don’t have an actress..ayesha takia or priyanka chopra..paresh rawal or irfan khan..god knows..irfan is not available before he is done with a mighty heart..i hope raj kumar santoshi doesn’t ditch us..will be great to have him act in the film..we have locked john abraham, ranveer...
    by Anurag Kashyap at October 16th, 2006 at 03:10 am
Page 2 of 2«12