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Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap recently spoke about his love for open-ended films and how iconic writer Javed Akhtar once pointed out that this preference prevents him from making money at the box office. In a recent interaction, Anurag recalled Akhtar telling him that if he had shown his character winning at the end of Mukkabaaz, the film would have been a hit.
Speaking at Annapurna College of Film and Media, Anurag said “Javed sahaab is such a senior filmmaker. He saw Mukkabaaz and he liked it very much. He told me, ‘You have a problem. You don’t like making money.’ I asked him ‘Why?’ He said, ‘What would you have lost if you had made your character win in the end?’ I told him then I wouldn’t have made the film.”
Mukkabaaz starred Vineet Kumar Singh in the lead role. The film wasn’t a major box office success but received widespread critical acclaim. In an earlier interaction, Anurag had declared that he moved out of Mumbai because the film industry had turned ‘toxic.’ “I’ve left Mumbai. I want to stay away from film people. The industry has become too toxic. Everyone is chasing unrealistic targets, trying to make the next Rs 500 or Rs 800 crore film. The creative atmosphere is gone,” he said during a chat with The Hindu. Anurag made his acting debut in Malayalam cinema with Rifle Club (2024), where he played the role of an antagonist.
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