Vidhu Vinod Chopra can be ‘badtameez’, Yash Chopra loved everyone, Zoya Akhtar told me not to envy her privilege: Anurag Kashyap

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Asked about Yash Chopra next, Anurag said, “Of course I love his films Trishul, Deewaar, and Kala Patthar, but I think Lamhe is an extremely underrated film. That movie was trolled before trolling was even a thing. Lamhe is such an evolved film; it’s my favourite film of his, along with Silsila. I don’t think anybody would have the courage to make a movie like Lamhe today. He was a very mature filmmaker. He was such a sweet man. He was always sweet to me, whenever he met me. He would love everybody the same way.”

Finally, coming to Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Anurag said, “The courage that man has, he can do anything, and that too with elan. I can’t do what he does. He has such a strong business sense. He’s like a child. He can be rude sometimes. I don’t know what it is about him; maybe it’s innocence, or childishness, or rudeness, but he has maintained his passion.” Anurag was also asked about his contemporary, Zoya Akhtar. He narrated an anecdote about her. “I was visiting the set of Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, and Zoya was shooting with multiple cameras. I asked her what she was doing, and she said something I’ll never forget: ‘Don’t envy me my privilege’. I would like to steal her privilege.”

Not too long ago, Anurag revealed that he was working with Vidhu Vinod Chopra on the film Mission Kashmir, but he left the project midway. In the same interview, praised the filmmaker’s craftsmanship, and said, “The child in him is still alive. His self-obsession and vanity co-exist. There’s one sequence in 12th Fail where Vikrant Massey’s character has gone all the way to (Uttarakhand). It’s a single-shot scene. The way he has designed it, he’s a craftsman. When he’s at his peak craftsmanship, you do admire him.”

After the release of 12th Fail, Anurag took to Instagram to thank VVC for ‘inspiring’ him. He wrote, “Probably the best mainstream film I’ve seen in 2023 @vidhuvinodchoprafilms at the age of 71 has crafted a masterpiece out of a simple story of an adamant man wanting to be more than what life gives him. He goes and takes what he wants and how.”

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