Anurag Kashyap Reveals Why It Is “Impossible” For Him Make Film With Shah Rukh Khan
Anurag Kashyap opened up about collaborating with Shah Rukh Khan but said that it is “impossible” to make a film because of THIS reason.
Ace Indian filmmaker Anurag Kashyap, whose 2023 directorial venture ‘Kennedy’ premiered at the 76th Cannes Film Festival and received a seven-minute standing ovation at the star-studded event, recently got candid about why he has never worked with Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan. He blamed the fanbases that big Bollywood stars have for not collaborating with the actors. In an interview with Humans of Cinema, Anurag Kashyap was asked why he had not worked with King Khan despite having huge admiration for the megastar.
Anurag Kashyap said, “My favourite Shah Rukh Khan film is Chak De India. Also Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa. In his beginning stage, SRK worked with everybody. But it is impossible to make a film with Shah Rukh Khan now. I aspired it once and I like him a lot, but I am very scared of fans now.”
The Indian filmmaker added, “In this day and age of social media, I am terrified by the fanbases big stars have. Actors get typecast because of fans, and the fans want the same things from them again and again. If that doesn’t happen fans reject it, so even actors get apprehensive about trying new things.”
Anurag Kashyap further said, “Hence I am scared because I will make the film I want to and not just cater to the fans. The repercussions or consequences of what happens then can cost you a lot. So it’s not in my capacity to cater to SRK’s aura or enigma. If his film Fan would have worked, I could have said that I too have the courage to work with him.”
Later in the conversation with Humans of Cinema, Anurag Kashyap also spoke about the film which turned out to be the biggest disaster of his life.
He said, “The biggest disaster of my life is Almost Pyaar With DJ Mohabbat, I lost all my money also. Everybody thought it was foolhardy to do that, but at least I got to do my thing. That failure I can own. I take total ownership of that. It is more satisfying because I have no regrets.”
Anurag Kashyap also spoke about the cancel culture and shared that he has gotten used to with it now.
