Anurag Kashyap

“Conventional Indian cinema is about people falling in love. They sing, they dance.”

“People always accuse me of making these dark, depressing movies. 'Why do you have to pick up on real issues? People are so exhausted and miserable.'”

“Cinema is much more than heroes and villains.”

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“Films are like oxygen for me.”

“When you are very idealistic, but caught in a world which is all about business, it creates anguish.”

“Chennai is the birthplace of a new language in cinema. The audiences here are the most evolved moviegoers to be found anywhere in India.”

“I think I had more freedom when I began making films. I did not know what could not be done. I was naive. I did what I wanted to. As you gain awareness, you start losing freedom.”

“'Aiyyaa' is a very quirky film.”

“I guess short films have a bright future... The advantage is budget.”

“Entertainment's definition has been reduced to making people happy.”

“The censor boards are mere redundant forces conspiring to keep the 'bold' films out of reach of the audience.”

“One must go for a film with an open mind; a film best impacts you when your mind is a blank page to the film.”

“There shouldn't be any censorship on making a film.”

“Politicians take something out of context to create problems.”

“I used to spend a lot of time cutting out film posters from papers and putting them up on the wall in my room.”

“I was 16 when I got admission in Hans Raj College. I completed school when I was 16, so everyone in my class - Zoology Honours batch 92 - was 18, and I was often treated like a kid.”

“We need to stop objectifying our women in what we call our second religion... Our films. And our TV shows.”

“I shoot reality-based movies, and in actual locations, shooting them with a star is next to impossible.”

“I am still where I started. I am still struggling. In fact, the struggle has only got bigger. I always try to go beyond my means, and this where the struggle comes in.”