AK vs AK is streaming on Netflix.AK vs AK, starring Anil Kapoor and Anurag Kashyap, is finally streaming on Netflix. The comedy-thriller follows Kashyap, the brash film director who kidnaps popular movie star Kapoor’s daughter Sonam Kapoor Ahuja and films his search for her in real-time to present it as his next blockbuster.
The film’s trailer explores the meta world of Bollywood created by filmmaker Vikramaditya Motwane. Both Kapoor and Kashyap play versions of themselves, and in the trailer too, we see Kapoor going through various phases as he tries to come to terms with his life and his daughter’s kidnapping.
Anil Kapoor told PTI, “We have come together not as director and actor, but as two actors, two sides of the same coin with a film called AK vs AK. And nothing can be better than Vikram directing both of us. So I think it’s better late than never.”
After a delay of over 9 hours, Netflix India released AK vs AK on its platform at 11 pm. Netflix India tweeted, "AK update: We've managed to get @AnilKapoor & @anuragkashyap72 to agree to continue their fight on our screen! #AKvsAK is #NowStreaming."
When Vikramaditya Motwane was asked how he got the idea to make AK vs AK, he said, “Avinash Sampat, who is the writer of the film, is a friend and lives in Amsterdam. Avinash pitched me this idea probably about six to seven years ago. It was a lovely idea where a film director kidnaps the daughter of a movie star, and makes the movie star search for his daughter and that becomes a film. And I think the idea is so brilliant and beautiful. Avinash is from advertising, so of course, he has pitched it saying, 'let's call this AK vs AK'.”
AK vs AK releases on the same day as its lead actor Anil Kapoor's birthday.
Anil Kapoor posted a video on Twitter giving a sneak peek into AK vs AK and his chemistry with Anurag Kashyap.
When Anil Kapoor was asked if he is playing an Air Force officer in the film, he said, “The answer in no. I am not playing an Air Force officer, I would love to play an Air Force officer, that's my dream. But in this film, I am playing myself. I am Anil Kapoor and that's my character in the film. And Anurag is playing himself. Anurag Kashyap a film director."
The Indian Express film critic Shubhra Gupta wrote in her review, “Vikramaditya Motwane’s movie is not just meta. It’s meta-meta, especially when some parts hit too close to the mark, and some are just tantalisingly off the mark." READ MORE.
On being asked who is the hero of the film, director Vikramaditya Motwane said, "If by hero you mean the lead, then there are two leads in the film. There is Anil Kapoor and Anurag Kashyap. As to the hero of the film, I think that you will have to decide once you see the film."
Vasan Bala posted on Twitter, "'Jaan ki Baazi Laganewala Hota Hai Janbaaz Not a line from #AKvsAK but can totally feel the emotions of this in the film! Also Wiki says Janbaaz ( lit. 'Daredevil') and I know how much
@VikramMotwane loves Daredevil❤️ Ignore my randomness but do accept my love :) @netflix."
In this interview with indianexpress.com, Anil Kapoor and Anurag Kashyap talk about how they prepared for their characters in Ak vs AK. Director Vikramaditya Motwane also opens up about creating a meta film, a genre quite new to the Hindi film industry.