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 shorey,aditya basu bhattacharya,joy fernandes..i hope i survive the mainstream..how much i want to go back to making completely independent films..i don’t know whether we will be able to pull of the special effects..gulzar sahab has written two cigarette songs ,four more to go..have to get the rights to the old songs..wish black friday releases soon..more freedom..have promised rajkumar(my associate) if we pull this one off,i will get him laid..i have to go meet john..have to show him all the coen brother’s films..especially big lebowski, barton fink and raising arizona..matthew robbins(sugarland express) says john has to be willing to play the fool..,”you need a jim carrey anurag to pull this off”..john is willing to go the whole hog..he is ready to be broken down..lets see.. have to meet the grip guy..have to get him to cut down on his price..or i will have to make do with what i have and innovate..how will i do it..why can’t we have other people to do the dirty job..who the fuck asked me to write this film..Oh Scorcese..give me strength..
Tags: The No Smoking Diary
Anurag Kashyap
Abhay Deol
Dibakar Banerjee
Hansal Mehta
Khalid Mohamed
Kundan Shah
Anish Kuruvilla
Jaideep Verma
Manish Gupta
Navdeep Singh
Bhavani Iyer
D. Santosh
Onir
Ashvin Kumar
Ramu Ramanathan
Sudhir Mishra
Pankaj Advani
Revathy
Saurabh Shukla
Shilpa Shukla
Sujoy Ghosh
Suparn Verma
Santosh Sivan
Shashank Ghosh
Shivajee
Pavan Kaul
Partho Sen-Gupta
Prroshant Naryannan
Sam Langoria
Satish Kasetty
Aditya bhattarcharya acting ????
Did i hear that right ???? Since when ????
Didn’t get the santoshi connection. I thought vishaal was producing no smoking … Now is it rajkumar santoshi ????
Irfan is down for Might heart (pune) Brangelina film isnt it ???
And yes I’m sure gulzar sahib wld’ve given amazing lyrics for Ciggerette. Gulzar’s film protaginists/characters are really fascinated by ciggerettes (Ghar, Ijazat, Saathiya) ….
3 days to go and yet no actress ???? … the demons of mainstream cinema dancing in front of your eyes ….
Trust me … It’s all worth it …. :-)
raj kumar santoshi acting in a very important role..vishal producing along with kumar mangat..and yes aditya acting..he acted in both black friday and hazaaron khwahishein..need a lot of luck..are you always on the site kartik..:)
Is Vishal Bhardwaja going to composee music for ‘No Smoking’ or he is just going to produce? I hope he does and the music has that rock feel to it; like the music in your previous movies.
Rajkumar santoshi ??? acting ???
Don’t believe it ….
But then not too much of a surprise since director Bharthiraja was there in ‘our hero’ manirathnam’s Ayuthe eyuthe (Yuva tamil) …
And lately, sudhir mishra, karan johar and farhaan akthar are acting too !!!!
Yes … im always on PFC … how did u guess that ???
Dnt worry .. u have all the luck u wished for ….
And pls pls pls make sure the animation/special effects are WOW !!!! that’s one area where bollywood is not upto the mark
HG- vishal is also doing the music..this time we are experimenting with jazz, blues et al
KK- raj kumar santoshi has acted before..in santosh sivans halo..one of the better actors in the industry..
- Arrive at 7am in the morning all groggy eyed and POOF!!!!!!! Thank you Sir!!! ^:)^
Welcome Aboard PFC Anurag
I remember “Halo” was a children’s film when I was a child, well almost.
Can’t Black Friday be released now as the guily-not guilty being passed or will it be wait before everyone goes to SC?
Punds
awesome. looking forward to the music and movie
- “big lebowski, barton fink and raising arizona… ”
Holy!!!!!!! I’ve already started jumping on my seat… this is going to be an interesting John Abraham!!!!
Dont’ forget Miller’s Crossing Anurag, that is a SEMINAL coen brother’s film. The part where Michael Gambon (dumbledore in harry potter films) fights off the assassins on him with a cigar in his mouth is classic. QT even referenced it in Kill Bill in the O-Ren Ishii anime sequence.
Great to see you blogging. I must say I loved the chase sequence in Black Friday and the low key music from Indian Ocean. I liked that you didn’t use long lenses and kept the chase almost as if the cameraman was one of the cops looking for the terrorists and navigating through the crowd. There’s a frantic pace and a tension in the air to that chase sequence that I haven’t seen in other Indian films, unless the hero is chasing a car on his feet and that’s just being superflous.
WHOA !!!!!! Got the mail from oz..and have come running here…\:d/ At last…So ladies and gents…Monday, it looks will not be bad after all…
- 16 re-read “Oh Scorcese..give me strength..”
Sirjee,till date only saw the finished products. Now thanks to you,we will get a chance to see err read what goes inside. Wish you all the best for No Smoking. Let Scorcese, QT, Choen Bros all of them give you their blessings.
ps:Oz-bhai,a special thanks to you for this unique experience.
Anurag, paresh rawal or irfan khan? So even you have a problem of deciding the cast in the last minute huh?
Anyways, is it difficult to write a script keeping actors in mind after initial storyline is set?
anangbhai..millers crossing is my number two coen bros movie..am not forgetting it..just don’t know why i don’t want him to see it..want him to get into a certain mood..
oz- is there a way i can just come back from work ,open the net and find no smoking categorised in a way where it’s faster..today am not so tired but everyday might not be the same..
Guys -seriously ,what a response..guess this could be my therapy..might make it easier for me to deal with things day by day..
cheers to all :d
- Anurag, I’m setting something up. Will be sending an email shortly.
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Cool Anurag..it feels good seeing you back into action. Well mainstream cinema always had it’s own puls and minus, we just want you to make a good film :d
I already spotted John with his hair CUT\:d/
BTW…if you have no choice left for the actress I will adjust and do it for you;)
Good Luck!
I think it is great you are blogging here. As an beginning filmmaker, I’d love to see you talk about the difficult decisions you have to make. Personally, I am equally interestd in how much the grip is charging you (and what compromises you’ll have to make if he doesn’t change his prices) as in how you chose your actors and how you will motivate them to let it all hang out.
Good luck with filming. I wonder how you’ll post after you start, but hope you do!
Congratulations is all I’m goin to say here. completely completely proud of you and and how good all of this and you sound.
@Anurag.. Fantastic to see your post here. Didnt you have Kay Kay in your mind for No Smoking, especially because he has been working with you in your other projects.
i wrote this film for kaykay like all my other scripts..there is a whole story behind how and why john abraham..will post it later tonight..my grip meeting is on and we are having our bacardis and single malts..check two hours from now…
- Negotiations – I’m an international expert having negotiated with the Japanese, Chinese, Europeons, Americans… but when it comes to negotiating with the Bollywood grip… I’m at a loss… think “WIN WIN” Anurag…
Thank you so much for posting here! I am between projects and it is great (and inspirational) to hear the stories of someone who is gearing up for their next one!
Thank’s for making Monday morning bright!
great stuff anurag.. keep it coming =d> looks like you’re going for a known face.. warna tho priyanka seems like an odd choice for your movie. who are your backups?
kaykay all the way.. he represents us dark-skinned actors well, not to mention he’s not a f*ckall actor.. ekdum solid ^:)^
with irfan and pareshji having such different looks, is the role so flexible that you’re contemplating them for the same role? interesting.. :-?
Just wanna say that I am a great fan of your work and wish u best of luck for the project.
Its also good to see that after Omkara, which incidentally is my fav movie of the year, Kumar Mangat and Vishal Bhardwaj are supporting good work too. More power to people like you!
Hey guys, not to detract from Anurag posting on the blog, but this would be a hilarious comment thread were the director Ramu or even an actor from Bollywood. Half the posts would be from idiots soliciting scripts or asking for roles in his next film.
So nice to see actual film people and not idiots who troll every time shahrukh khan or ramu are mentioned.
@Anurag…
great to see u here. Black Friday was definitely an amazing experience (sorry, I watched it on a pirated DVD ) and looking forward to ‘No Smoking’.
In fact, just wrote a few lines of a ’smoking’ song (in sheer excitement of finding u here)…use it if it’s any worth.
Mukhda:
Raakh ne hi raakha hai,
raakh ne hi raakha…
Ek-pal ka dhuaan chhupaa le,
Chaar din ka faaka…
Raakh ne hi raakha hai,
raakh ne hi raakha…
Antara:
Ik talab ki aas mein jab,
din guzaara saans mein jab,
Raat hote gir gayi thi,
oas sookhi ghaas mein jab,
Tab jalaakar ek sapna,
aur usko laal kar ke,
Honth se chooma tha halke,
Bas yahi sawaal kar ke…
Kyun hai har lamha lutera,
Zindagi kyun daaka hai…
Raakh ne hi raakha hai,
raakh ne hi raakha…
(And yes, if possible, please include Kay kay in the cast…he was simply brilliant in Black Friday…and so was Pavan Malhotra!)
Kya anangbhai, aapne vaat laga di na, kuch chutkule hote tho aur maja aata.
only kidding.
seriously, you’re right and it’s good that way, so this diary does not get sidetracked and hopefully, none of us will discourage or scare away Mr. Anurag Kashyap from writing.. diary.
Hey Anurag, glad to hear you’re back on the scene. I like to ask you a question regarding Vishal if you don’t mind. When will he start filming for “Mr. Mehta and Mrs. Singh” with Saif and Kareena? Also, will you be writing for that film as well? Let me know if you can. Thanks.
Hi Anurag,
I just wanted to wish you luck for NO SMOKING. I hope you find commercial success with this film.
I absolutley loved Black Friday. I have read the book, and I can say wholeheartedly that I enjoyed your film more. Super stuff!
I am waiting eagerly for the official DVD release of Black Friday.
best of luck for your new movie
also u are the best writer in bollywood right now and who are your favourite directors in bollywood and hollywood:)
@Anurag
I thought Piyush mishra was doing the music for your film.
Did he not compose for Gulal?? I remember music in gulal was awesome. And then, he is a wonderful actor too. Is he there in no smoking as well??
Piyush Mishra is Anurag’s very good friend and an inspiration.He was one of the 1st ones to read the script.Yes he composed the music for Gulal and also wrote the songs for Black Friday…he is not acting in this film…Vishal Bharadwaj is the Music Director for ‘No Smoking’ besides being the Co-Producer.
@ Anurag,
Great to see you here!!! I absolutely loved black friday. Wish it releases soon!! Hats off to your passion.
best of luck with No smoking!
DVD’s Of Paanch & Black Friday….considering tht these movies might never have a theatrical release …how bout giving them a DVD release…so we can watch some worhtwile stuff rather than the tripe tht is bieng passed off as cinema….im sure anurag can do atleast tht?
hey pank.. working with anurag on NO SMOKE.. Black Friday will see the light of day for sure. hopefully the whole of india will see it by end 2006 or early 2007… strong chances of PAANCh also releasing sometime soon..then u can officially buy the dvd’s of the films..
hey Anurag!there is a line-”I hav burnt in solitude and burning has brought me solace in more quenchless burning.no doubt when u liv d life of a recluse,a loner u feel burnt.but hey man,how many mads like u in our country,v hav?rare numbers.so man like me there r many who die on u,r patient enough 2 notice ur mad moves.keep stepping ahead u r our kind of Godard,Resnain,de sica/no comparision..u r only one in our clique.luv u dear.churn out “No Smoking”,v want 2 hallucinate our selves wth ur kind of Nasha.
Hi Anurag,
I just wanted to say that if you remember your past you might have difficulties tougher than now and you got succeeded smartly, that’s why you are here. I don’t think at this moment you need to worrying for these. Surely am not more knowledgeable than you in this industry but I would suggest you to again go back for a while, analyse the situations and come with the correct options and conclusions for now.
Regards
Krishna:)
anurag ji sorry english acchi nahi aati isliye hindi ki kheti kar raha honn…..kheti ya khata nahi maloom…par jis saher mein ek aadmi hajaaron parchhayiaan lekar ghoom raha ho wahan khata karna kisi bachhe ke rone jaisa hi hai…jis saher mein trains ko bhi ghadi dekhne ki aadat lag chuki ho wahan chay bhi paseene se hi banti hai…spot boy ke doosre haath ki kahani per jisne film na banai car ke sheshe ka darwaaza poori terah band nahi hua….ek pagal hai andheri mein jiske mercedes ka sheesha hamesha khula rehta hai…kar lo jitna “no smoking” kerna hai…
hi just found this site….all the best for no smoking…:)
Let me introduce myself. I am the Rajkumar, from mr Kashyap’s blog, and i am not sexually repressed or deprived of it.I worked on Black Friday as his associate and now No smoking. We finished shooting the most difficult, fourteen page long sequence with John this morning. He rocked and we are rocking.
Hi Rajkumar,
It must be so much fun working along with Anurag on new concepts. I was wondering if you could give some insights how ur direction department works. How do u guys delegate your work load?Whats your responsibilities and other Ad’s responsibilities?
hi manjeet,
sure it is great fun working with AK…There is no rocket science involved in how my direction team works or for that matter any other direction team per say…it can be as simple or complicated as one wants it to be.NO SMOKING direction team consists of eleven members including AK…AK,gautam(Casting Director and also an AD) and i have worked together before on BLACK FRIDAY. The other members of the team Prashant,Abhishek, Anshul, Shlok,Nitin,Param,Rohit(directors AD) and sunil are working with us for the first time. When we started work on this film i asked them too choose whatever departments(i am assuming that you are aware of the number of deparments any direction team has to look into) that they wanted to passionately and resposibly work for…and luckly for me, their choices covered all the departments that i needed my direction team to look into. Gautam started casting process…Prashant started working on the schedule…Shlok and Abhishek chose to co-ordinate with the production designer…Anshul took over the co-ordination with the coustume designer of the film…other ad’s joined us just before the shoot…hey manjeet sorry yaar…Nasta break is over…lighting ready
Rajkumar thanks for your time n effort in giving the insights!
I am emailing you please reply.
- Rajkumar, Welcome to PFC. We had been expecting you to write here sooner or later. Thanks for taking the time. Of course we know Anurag is joking. You definitely aren’t sexually repressed or deprived…
It would be great to have the team of No Smoking write on their each own perspectives of a day of shoot, or the movie or their experiences in shooting No Smoking or working with Anurag… Would love to know about the 14 page shot… do this Rajkumar and I promise I’ll get you laid… (just kidding!!!) :d
hey OZ, sorry man for replying late…thanks for the offer man, it’s too tempting to refuse…(i have ignored the just kidding bit)…would love to share about the 14 page shoot in detail…cos of lack of time can’t do right now…just came out of a production meeting and rusing for the other meeting with my ad’s…hope you don’t mind…can just say on that day when we came to the set i had no idea about how anurag would shoot the fourteen pages…that included some of the most difficult sequences in the film… anurag came in…as usual i looked at him and said…how do we do this…he disappeared…for ten minutes…he came back…i shot the same question at him…he looked and me and lent a very familiar smile…i knew he has cracked it…he has got his opening shot to the scene…for him it is all about cracking the opening shot to the scene…then everything flows…flows from his big fucking head…and just like that we ended up shooting the fourteen pages…but let me tell you it was also possible beacuse of john…he rocked…we kept of challenging him as an actor…he accepted the challange…and every fucking take he was better than the previous…he rocked…Man all the ad’s are staring at me…can’t delay the meeting…bye…will reconnect.
Hi Guys,
Just came to know about this site and plan to read it more often. Anurag, applause for starting a blog on ur shooting experience. I do hope u get the time to write, now that the schedule is in full swing.
A bit about me.. I mostly produce ad films but have been an Exec. producer on a couple of feature projects.
Best wishes!
Max
Hey,
Until now you had issues after da movie was ready instead o going better things goin worse forya dear Anurag Kashyap,, well tht aprt guess ur work in Black friday was high class Satya was again one of ur best work….am a film maniac although dont ve ni professional bckgrund bt am confident enugh to beat da best guys inda industry,,,,my peronsla work includes EDITING OF PULP FICTION for indian audience and couple of scripts……at da moment am working in UK based firm as IT HEAD Headin their Indian operations……piece of advice….UR adaptation of YUVA had lots of loopholes…..as i can speak lotsa language..like TAMIL,MALAYALAM,HINDI>MARATHI,URDU,,,etc…i saw that the adaptation was not…dont properly!!!!can point u da scenes as well if needed………and da flow…well tht again is an personal opinion …..all da best….
this is really a gr8 platform for all to conduct autopsy on what we love and call – Films!! And anurag it’s really a wonderful experience to get in touch with a film-maker on a mono-e-mono level in a way… passed out from film school with dreams in my eyes to make my own movie… instead chose a slighly more secure profession – television!! but the dream is still rolling between my eyes in glorious technicolor and in vista-vision!! but nice to hear in detail what goes on in a director’s head, and what goes into a project. its so much better than pre-produced EPKs and tv interviews where the cast and crew talk about – “we had so much fun shooting this film!!” bollocks!! you forgot to mention the grit, the grime, the angst that the director goes thru… and so here we get it – uncut, uncensored (thank god!!)… hope shoot is goin on fine… and i am yet to watch black friday… any more screenings happening?? cheers
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anurag, how dy, was tryin to get in touch w/ u
have a promo teasers …. to … sng n dance….
” is int it all about KICK”
” KICK THE BUTT”
CAN SEND U A MPG OVER WWW IF U WANT
BTW Aditya, Anwesha(sis) have been acting in Basu da ’s flims this is a reply to the idiot who does not have his facts right
call asap +91-986940 7619
btw. is THIS FILM ur REAL DEBUT, panch…. black Friday (btw BASU da made a Docu for govt, cud not finish it.
the BETA masters r at Mansoor Khan ( amir’s bro) i kept them there 4 safe keeping ask Adi-da 2 get a hold of the BETA (SCAN VIDEO – pali hill nr. candies – now shut)\
anurag kashyap
quote – i hope i survive the mainstream..how much i want to go back to making completely independent films.. – unquote
what is stopping you from making completely independent film?
why do you think your making mainstream cinema is necessary, so much so that you are killing your desire to go back to independent cinema?
let me guess.
you think you have something so great that if world doesn’t come to know about it, it will parish. or bollywood is drowning and you are the Noah !
well i have no problem with that, you are free to think about yourself whatever you like.
here’s my objection.
‘main aaj bhi fenke huye paise nahien uthata’
if i have less money than you. than you will not try to give me money. you know this will heart my self-esteem. it will be kind of an insult to me.
your having more money does not entitle you to give it to them who have less. if you try to give them, it will only be an insult. this way you will be mocking there poverty. be both know thanks to bollywood that this is not good.
so, how your giving your knowledge to those who have less knowledge than you is different.
giving me knowledge without me first asking for it. you are insulting my intelligence.
giving money insult poverty. giving knowledge insult intelligence.
no matter how little intelligence i have got. but it is enough to feel offended by unsolicited advice. [-x
the question is giving unsolicited knowledge is wrong or not?
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duniya tabah ho jayegi, gyaniyon ka gyan batana jarooi hai. samajik jimmedari bhi kuch hoti hai. yeah batien apan phir kabhie karenge.
abhi sirf ek sawal – bina mange gyan dena galat hai ya nahien ?
a hint – before writing response to this, take a moment and think about ‘fascism.’ could this word be employed in the context of ideas also. forcing ideas.
:-?:-w#:-s:-: (|)
@Vishrant, Saala, what do you want to say??? Dimaag ghum gaya… thoda simplify karo yaar!
Hi Anurag.
Gullal – A superb superb superb superb movie.
Just couldn’t think of anything else while i was watching the movie.
I just got a feeling that somethings were missing and i couldn’t connect some scenes in the movie. I am sure the uncut version of the movie will help me understand that too. Could i get to see the uncensored version of the movie.
Dear Anurag ji,
I am facing identity crisis with you. I am a very active member on FB (Facebook). Other members consider me as YOU. Inspite of my denying of me being You, they think I was joking. Various new comers and movie aspirants send me friend request every day. How many should i ignore? Some are too , too sensitive and any truth would break their dream. So in many cases I had to become you , give them acting and filmography tips and cool them down for some days. I do not want to live with lie. What to do?
Please help me.
Hey Anurag,
I think ur doing a great work…plz keep it up…I mean for how long can we watch stupid running around the bushes movies? Some one has to bring the change & bring the revolution in the film industry & so far ur doing it brilliantly. We are very proud to have you in the industry.
In mean, while I was also thinking if you are interested to encourage documentaries on our social problem in Mumbai city. I have lived abroad for few years, after coming back I was thinking of leaving coz I thought it is impossible to live here but then I thought I am just running away. Instead I have decided to take up a project, which would help creating awareness in people and also educate them about certain issues. I would not like to disclose the subject of the documentary as it is still under research but since you are my idol in the film industry I would like to know ur thoughts.
Regards,
Chetana Jogi