NEW DELHI: Veterans actor Anil Kapoor and acclaimed filmmaker Anurag Kashyap say they have come together for the tight history of unfulfilled projects for Netflix film “AK vs AK”.
Prior to the popularity of films such as “Dev D”, the “Gangs of Wasseypur” series and the Netflix series “Sacred Games”, Kashyap wanted to make two films – “Allwyn Kallicharan” and “Grant Hotel” – with Kapoor, the a multi-functional and commercially successful star in Hindi cinema.
The two projects could not come to fruition for reasons beyond their control, but it complicated the complexity of their personal equation as Kashyap admitted that he used to blame blamed Kapoor for not making the films.
“When you don’t understand what’s going on inside the industry and behind the scenes, it takes time to get over it. There were two or three years when I thought about it and I would ‘blame for that,’ because of it, my film wasn’t made ‘. You say things like that and feel that way, “Kashyap told PTI in an interview with Zoom.
The 48-year-old director said his views changed after he became a producer himself and realized how costly it was to clarify a project.
“At first, it’s like, ‘I have an idea and it’s really good, so someone has to make a film out of it and people have to believe in it.’ But it doesn’t work that way. A number of other things are happening, “said the filmmaker, who has supported films like” Shahid “,” Udta Punjab “and” The Lunchbox “.
Kapoor said he always believed in Kashyap’s talent and it was he who had spoken to the director for cooperation.
“I came to know about him from the time he started his first film (the unpublished ‘Paanch’). I saw the first cut of his film and I really admired the I think, somewhere there’s a misconception that he went I went to make his film. But that’s not true. I was the one who asked him to make a film. “
The 63-year-old actor said he could understand how Kashyap felt when the films were released as he himself has suffered these difficulties through his early days in the industry.
“I’ve also gone through this many times and I know the feeling when you’re like, ‘because of this guy, the film doesn’t happen.’ It could be a director, a producer, an actor or someone else. You go through those feelings and I could understand what he was going through. “
Kapoor said he never spoke of the breakup between them that he was sure Kashyap would come “around the path I had come around in my past career”.
This history between the two stars is certainly referenced in the “AK vs AK” directed by Vikramaditya Motwane who sets Kashyap against Kapoor in a case of egos.
“We have come together not as a director and an actor, but as two actors, two sides of the same coin with a film called ‘AK vs AK’. And nothing can be better than Vikram directing the two So I think it’s better late than never, “Kapoor said.
The film, which will air on Netflix from Dec. 24, follows Kashyap, the brash film director who kidnaps Kapoor star’s daughter, Sonam Kapoor Ahuja, and searches for her in real time. to present it as his next major hurdle.
The director and actor always mock and criticize each other throughout the film and they also had a fake show when they showed the film’s trailer at a press conference earlier this month.
Kashyap insisted he was okay with being criticized by Kapoor on screen as he has become accustomed to it because of his unstable trolling on social media over the years.
“I became comfortable a long time ago because I’ve had a lot of trolling and criticism for the kind of movies I make. So I’m really used to it. These days, I get really emotional when someone who praises my work, a character from the film Sooraj Barjatya, “he asked.
Kapoor insisted he was not “lying” about his strength and gave his family the credit for keeping him on the ground.
“I’m very lucky in that place of my life where I know I’m not lying. I’ve tried my best to be so real and if it’s not me, it’s my family, my wife and my children who have kept me completely normal.Sometimes people say ‘you should behave like a star’.
Roasting each other during the film made fun of the two actors as they could be “very interesting” versions of themselves.
“We enjoyed talking badly about each other. We were like, ‘You say this about me and then I’ll say something else about you’. It was kind of a jugalbandi (duet) where we were trying to say things, which people might actually accept for truth but that is not true. “
“We were just playing the massive versions of Anil Kapoor and Anurag Kashyap,” the actor said.