viked asked, Dev D was a delight anurag..awesome comeback dude...i heard the concept of Dev D actaully came from Abhay deol is it true...and why was he missing during the promotions??
Anurag Kashyap answers, Yeah it did come from AD.
Dazedandconfused asked, Anurag, what percentage of the movie was scripted complete with dialogues before you started shooting? Do you think that was an ideal way for this movie and would you have done something different in retrospect?
Anurag Kashyap answers, The whole of it was complete. It's the way we saw it. Could have shot few things differently.
vishwa asked, Hi Anurag...I think you try to make message oriented movies but the people at their level not getting your message. Dont you think that you should be more practical ...so that people will get the message in their style ?
Anurag Kashyap answers, They should try to get it in my style. If I can't reach out and it fails, will try to be more accessible next time. You can't please all at once.
for_anurag asked, which one do u like the old DEVDAS or the new DEV D ?
Anurag Kashyap answers, Dev D.
Dhillon asked, U not being a punjabi...how come in Dev D we had such a rural punjab set up so well executed...are there people who help u out during direction?
Anurag Kashyap answers, You just keep your eyes and ears open. I shot what I saw.
chinchin asked, why did taran adarsh gave BAD reviews when most crritics liked it
Anurag Kashyap answers, Taran Adarsh's favourite movie is Gupt Gyan. His dad made it.
kiran222 asked, oye dudey....movie was very good yaar...
Anurag Kashyap answers, Thanks.
chin asked, most critics gave good reviews to DEV D except taran adarsh...? why so
Anurag Kashyap answers, Taran didn't get it. Can't blame him. It didn't have stars and was beyond his grasp.
shikha asked, hi, Hi Anurag, i think u will be thinking of yourself Sarat Chandra 2. isn't it?
Anurag Kashyap answers, Nope.
bande asked, why did u prefer to have the 'BANDE' song at the end in BLACK FRIDAY?
Anurag Kashyap answers, Just.
microibm asked, Do you think Sarat Chandra would have associated himself more with your version of Devdas as compared to the previous versions?
Anurag Kashyap answers, Yes.
arvind asked, Hi Anurag I saw movie yesterday,althogh i liked it but few scenes were not good. 1. When paro took matress to fields.it was very cheap to portray heroine doing that. 2. Our hero was sexually very frustrated. 3. Heroine even after marriage agrees to sleep with the hero. 4. Somtime dialogs were very cheap.
Anurag Kashyap answers, Ask the women you know if it was cheap to do that. You will be surprised. Don't be a chauvinist.
Pinank asked, Sir, i saw the promo of Gulal it looked brilliant. Kay Kay was too good in what eva little you gave us..Sir I would like to knw more on tht movie
Anurag Kashyap answers, Gulaal is about student politics set in Rajasthan. It is based on the song from Pyaasa... Yeh mehlon yeh takhton yeh Tazon ki duniya.
kapilshrotriya asked, do u think its ur "failure" that most of your audience/critics did not get "NO SMOKING"...(Pls dont get me wrong.I m a big fan of urs n proud to see u in indian cinema)
Anurag Kashyap answers, No. It's their failure.
nikhil asked, Hi Anurag, i dont have so many words to praise your effort either it is DEV D or no smoking, it is just excellent, I had been to psychedelic world, so I understand bits and pieces of your products. plese keep on good creative cinema.
Anurag Kashyap answers, Thank you. Will try my best.
ActorByChance asked, Hey Anurag, did u do Acting was Chance :), ur role in Luck by chance was gr888 , especially "Khoon to Murder' wala dialogue , mast tha , would love to see u more as an actor as well in ur own directed movies
Anurag Kashyap answers, You will see me again in Sudhir Mishra's Tera Kya Hoga Johhnny and Tigmanshu Dhulia's Shagird
microibm asked, What do you think Abhay Deol has in him which makes him different from the earlier devdas Dilip Kumar and Shahrukh Khan?
Anurag Kashyap answers, His choices.
rosh asked, Who is aditya srivastava?
Anurag Kashyap answers, Badshah Khan of Black Friday.
Ghajini asked, Hi ANURAG>>>>>>how do u see AMIR KHAN as an actor?
Anurag Kashyap answers, He makes great choices and is changing our cinema.
surajjr asked, Hi Anurag, Havent seen the movie yet..but Im genuinely happy for you..m a gr8 fan of urs..specially after reading ur blogs on PFC..read the reviews..after a lon long time saw a movie rated 5/5 by times..must watch this one..one more thing ..what ur dear friend KHALID has to say about this movie??is he hiding??
Anurag Kashyap answers, No he is not hiding. Hopefully he will review it on PFC.
microibm asked, What do you think Abhay Deol has in him which makes him different from the earlier devdas Dilip Kumar and Shahrukh Khan?
Anurag Kashyap answers, Abhay was a great Dev D, Dilipsaab was a great Devdas.
pratimdgupta asked, what did UTV make you change in the original Dev D script?
Anurag Kashyap answers, Nothing.
looser asked, hello anurag...u have this nack of making unconventional movies with unconventional music....why did u chose this type of music for DevD....the music seems like hard core trans Rock music...do u like trans music?
Anurag Kashyap answers, Wait for the music of Gulaal.
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