Anurag Kashyap shreds streaming platforms and their overpaid executives, says he’s waiting for ‘everybody to fall’

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Anurag said that streamers nowadays will only touch films that have been released theatrically. “These people have jobs with very high salaries and a lifestyle, which they don’t want to lose. There are very few people that I can even have a creative conversation with. That’s why I would rather not do anything than sit down and have a conversation with someone who is trying to save their job or impose their position… OTTs came in and disrupted the system. First they gave high prices, and then they lowered the prices. Now, nobody is willing to come down. Which is good, because one day, everybody will fall. And I’m waiting for everybody to fall, because then it’ll be a great time to make films again. After we hit rock-bottom, we will make films again. Golden times are coming,” he said.

Anurag Kashyap took digs at Bollywood. (Photo: Anurag Kashyap/Instagram)

Anurag co-directed Netflix’s first Indian original series, Sacred Games. He also released films such as Choked on streaming, and directed shorts that were released as parts of the Lust Stories and Ghost Stories anthologies. He was putting together a series adaptation of Maximum City, which was cancelled at the last minute by the streamer. He said in several interviews that the blow affected him deeply, pushing him towards alcohol, and into a depression.

In the THR interview, Anurag also opened up about ‘insecure’ actors who are hungry for stardom, and described the Hindi film industry as ‘disgusting’ and film producers as ‘dumb’. He said that he is planning to move out of Mumbai altogether, and will focus on making movies in the South of the country.