In the tenth and last episode of The Filmy Hustle, hosted by distributor-exhibitor Akshaye Rathi, Ram Gopal Varma and Anurag Kashyap came together for the first time for an interview and as expected, they went down memory lane and raised interesting points on filmmaking like never before. A memorable aspect of the episode was when they spoke about Vidhu Vinod Chopra.
Anurag Kashyap reveals he left Mission Kashmir mid-way; Ram Gopal Varma confesses how he ANGERED Vidhu Vinod Chopra by misunderstanding ‘shikara’ for a hunter during narration: “I thought VVC is about to HIT me”
Anurag Kashyap revealed, “My learning process started from Satya (1998). It became a quest. The reason to become a director came much later when I was working on Mission Kashmir (2000; directed by Vidhu Vinod Chopra). I left that film mid-way.”
Anurag didn’t delve much into the reason behind his exit but added, “I had written a script for Shivam Nair to do for television. That is when I left Mission Kashmir and I asked Shivam, ‘Can I direct my own script?’. Shivam gracefully agreed.”
Anurag Kashyap, however, praised Vidhu Vinod Chopra saying, “The child in him is still alive. His self-obsession and vanity co-exist.”
Ram Gopal Varma raised laughs as he narrated, “My best episode with him was when he was narrating Mission Kashmir to me in his office. He mentioned ‘shikara’. Now, I am not a Hindi guy. I assumed that ‘shikara’ meant hunter! I thought that he differently pronounced ‘shikari’ (laughs). A little ahead into the narration, he told me, ‘The shikara blows up’. He continued but after 10 minutes, I asked him, ‘Why was the hunter killed?’. He asked me, ‘What hunter?’. I mentioned shikara. He said, ‘Ramu, you don’t know shikara’! He was so angry with me (laughs). He explained, ‘It’s a houseboat in Kashmir’. How the f**k will I know that? I am not from Kashmir!”
RGV continued, “I screwed up the entire narration. He was so angry with me that I thought he was about to hit me or something!”
But he also said, “He genuinely believes that he’s the best filmmaker in the world. Whether he’s one or not, I am not going to say that. But I don’t think any filmmaker in the world will believe that.”
Anurag Kashyap gave an instance from VVC’s latest flick saying, “There’s one sequence in 12th Fail (2023) where Vikrant Massey’s character has gone all the way to (Uttarakhand). It’s a single-shot scene. The way he has designed it, he’s a craftsman. When he’s at his peak craftsmanship, you do admire him.”
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