Quotes from Anurag Kashyap

There is more to Indian cinema than just Bollywood. I think regional cinema, especially Tamil and Marathi cinema, are exploring some really bold themes.

Through movies, I have met nearly everyone I have wanted to, except Woody Allen.

There was a time I had resentment against everything mainstream.

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.

I've become a lot more tolerant; I think before I talk. I can take a lot now. I don't get as angry as I used to. Whenever I do, I channel my anger into my work.

I think about my films for a long time, maybe years, but I write them in days.

I love the digital camera because it makes shooting easier and economical. I shoot fast, and I can shoot a lot. I shoot rehearsal; I just keep on shooting nonstop.

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

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

It is very good to bridge the gaps between Indian and international cinema.

Kalki is the best thing that has ever happened to me. I am madly in love with her.

For me, any kind of thing that has stood for 100 years tells me of the health of that thing. So, cinema completing a hundred years in India just says that it is very healthy.

It is an entirely selfish decision to turn producer because I want my kind of cinema to last and flourish, and helping young filmmakers make those kind of films is the best way to do it.

I love Back Stage. I have lots of theater friends and actors who depend on Back Stage.

I love travelling, and most scripts have been written while I have been travelling.

Studios never put pressure. They know the kind of films I want to make.

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.

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.'

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.

When violence is real and you flinch away from it, violence does not push people to try and imitate that. Often, we shun the violence that makes us flinch, because it disturbs us. And what makes us uncomfortable and disturbs us is not often bad. What disturbs us will not make us imitate that.

It was only in the early 1990s - during my student years as an aspiring scientist at Delhi University - that I discovered the world of cinema.

To get noticed, I had to take my films in a space which was much more democratic in terms of cinema - the international film festivals.