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Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap opened up about why his film Kennedy still hasn’t been released, despite premiering at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival. He said that as many as five of his projects are currently in limbo, and that he has detached himself from Kennedy in particular. In an interview, Anurag expressed his desire to move out of Mumbai, because he is ‘disgusted’ by what he’s seeing around him. He also said that it would be impossible to produce some of the movies which made him famous in today’s ecosystem, which values profits over creativity.
In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter India, Anurag said, “I have made five films that are lying unreleased. Where is Kennedy? And whose hands is Kennedy in? It’s in the hands of some people who’ve never made films before. People who made Kennedy in the studio are all gone. And now, the people who are there, the directive given to them is to up the share prices, generate profits, cost recovery… That’s all there is. Nobody is interested in films. It doesn’t matter if Kennedy went to Cannes; it doesn’t matter if it had such a massive reception at festivals. Forget outside India, they’ve seen the reception in India, but where is the film?”
Anurag Kashyap said that the film industry is crippled by a fear of taking chances. “They don’t understand anything. They can’t even make a Pushpa. They cannot, because they don’t have the brains to make a film. They don’t understand what filmmaking is. Pushpa can only be made by Sukumar. In the South, they invest in filmmakers and empower them to make films. Here, everyone is trying to create a universe. Do they understand their own universe, and how miniscule they are in it? That’s the ego. When you create a universe, you think you’re God.”
Anurag said that he has learned to detach himself from unreleased projects. “I’ve detached myself from Kennedy, because I don’t want it to become like Black Friday. I will not let anything pull me down again in life…” Asked if there’s any bitterness, Anurag said, “No, I feel disappointed, but that’s how it is. I’m very disgusted by some people, but let them be. I’ve had my fights, but you can’t fight a wall. I don’t have the energy…”
Previously, in an interview with The Washington Post, Anurag Kashyap had opened up about Netflix’s last-minute decision to cancel his series adaptation of Maximum City. He said that the cancelation had a huge impact on him emotionally, pushing him into a prolonged state of depression. He also shared that this was the time he suffered two heart attacks, and took solace in alcohol. The director said, “Maximum City was where all my energy went. I was heartbroken. I totally lost it.”
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