ISLAMABAD, May 10th (Online): Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap recently said in an interview that he keeps running into actor Anupam Kher because they share the same doctor. Both Bollywood personalities support opposing political ideologies, but despite this, Anurag said, Anupam suggests that they work together.<\/p>\n
In a new interview, Anupam claimed that he doesn\u2019t mind asking for work, and said kind words about Anurag\u2019s films. In the past, however, he hasn\u2019t held back in criticising Anurag\u2019s statements. Last year, he said that Anurag\u2019s comments about Bollywood films not working shouldn\u2019t be taken seriously, because \u2018it is not important what he believes\u2019.<\/p>\n
More recently, in an interview with The Lallantop, Anupam was asked if political differences have created a divide in Bollywood as well. He said in Hindi, \u201cI haven\u2019t seen that interview, but yes, we keep meeting at our doctor\u2019s office. And I don\u2019t mind asking for work from anybody. It doesn\u2019t make you a small person. I would like to work with him, some of the films he has made are very good films. Gangs of Wasseypur was a good film, so was Black Friday. I haven\u2019t seen his recent work. He is a very fine director, and ideologies shouldn\u2019t get in the way of work.\u201d<\/p>\n
Explaining his logic, he continued, \u201cWhen you go to a doctor, he doesn\u2019t treat you because your ideologies match. And it\u2019s not wrong to have ideologies. One should exercise their rights as independent citizens. <\/p>\n
Unfortunately, we\u2019ve started looking at this topic differently now. Even before social media, the film industry had people of all ideologies, you just didn\u2019t know about it.\u201d<\/p>\n
In his interview with The Lallantop from earlier this year, Anurag was asked how he handles working with actors with ideologies that don\u2019t align with his own. He said that even crew members sometimes have different ideologies, but this shouldn\u2019t matter. \u201cI have a problem with rabid people, hardcore people who impose their ideologies on others,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
He added, \u201cI often run into Anupam Kher at our doctor\u2019s office. He asks me why I don\u2019t work with him, and when we can work together.\u201d<\/p>\n
Anupam Kher has worked with scores of prominent people from the film industry, but in recent years, he has developed an off-screen persona that is vocal about politics. This is reflected in his choice of work as well; last year, he appeared in the controversial film The Kashmir Files, which Anurag Kashyap said should not be chosen as India\u2019s official entry for the Oscars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ISLAMABAD, May 10th (Online): Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap recently said in an interview that he keeps running into actor Anupam Kher because they share the same doctor. Both Bollywood personalities support opposing political ideologies, but despite this, Anurag said, Anupam suggests that they work together. In […]<\/p>\n
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