Filmmake
A u ag
Kashyap
has
eve
shied
away
f om
calli g
out
the
powe
dy amics
that
shape
Hi di
ci ema,
ofte
poi ti g
out
how
quick
Bollywood
ca
be
to
fold
u de
p essu e
f om
those
who
hold
i flue ce.
Rece tly,
he
d ew
a
compa iso
betwee
Bollywood
a d
the
South
film
i dust y,
sha i g
his
take
o
why
the
latte
te ds
to
hold
its
g ou d
mo e
fi mly.
Acco di g
to
him,
t ouble
sta ts
the
mome t
people
give
i
eve
o ce,
si ce
the
pe ks
that
follow
that
fi st
comp omise
make
it
that
much
ha de
to
esist
the
ext
o e.
A u ag
Kashyap
says
the
fi st
comp omise
is
the
ha dest
to
u do
I
co ve satio
with
Ja ice
Sequei a,
A u ag
sha ed
that
he
does ‘t
thi k
people
i
Bollywood
comp omise
out
of
choice.
O ce
a
dema d
is
give
i
to,
he
explai ed,
the e’s
o
eal
goi g
back
f om
it.
He
poi ted
out
that
the
ve y
fi st
comp omise
te ds
to
pave
the
way
fo
mo e,
la gely
because
it
usually
comes
attached
to
sizeable
ewa ds,
a d
o ce
someo e’s
accepted
those,
closi g
that
doo
agai
becomes
fa
toughe .
A u ag
Kashyap
o
why
South
ci ema
stays
i depe de t
of
Hi di
audie ces
D awi g
a
co t ast
with
othe
film
i dust ies,
he
explai ed,
“Othe
i dust ies
a e
ve y
egio ally
st o g,
but
they
have
a
cultu e
which
is
so
ve y
st o g,
which
ca ’t
be
divided
o
the
same
li es.
But
the
ce t e
also
wa ts
to
captu e
the
Hi di-speaki g
masses.
So
you
will
see
o ly
those
people
getti g
comp omised
who
wa t
to
make
a
de t
i
the
Hi di
audie ce.
It’s
those
ki ds
of
people
who
be d,
ot
the
othe s.
South
does ’t
get
comp omised
because
they
do ’t
depe d
o
Hi di.”
A u ag
Kashyap
says
the
i dust y
is
awa e,
but
feels
powe less
A u ag
we t
o
to
say
that
people
withi
the
i dust y
a e
fa
f om
oblivious
to
the
comp omises
they
make.
He
said,
“I
thi k
they’ e
al eady
woke
up.
As
I
said,
o ce
the
doo
has
bee
ope ed,
it
ca ’t
be
shut.
It’s
ot
like
they
a e
ot
awa e.
They’ e
awa e,
they’ e
woke
up,
they
also
feel
emba assed,
they
also
sometimes
feel
ashamed.
They
also
ca ’t
do
a ythi g
about
it,
which
is
why
obody
volu ta ily
does
a ythi g
u til
they’ e
specifically
asked
to,
i dividually
asked.”
A u ag
Kashyap’s
latest
elease,
‘Ba da ‘
O
the
wo k
f o t,
A u ag’s
latest
di ecto ial
ve tu e
was
‘Ba da .’
P oduced
by
Nikhil
Dwivedi
u de
his
Saff o
Magicwo ks
ba e ,
the
film
sta ed
Bobby
Deol
i
the
lead,
with
Sa ya
Malhot a,
Sap a
Pabbi,
Saba
Azad,
I d ajith
Sukuma a ,
Raj
B.
Shetty,
a d
Jite d a
Joshi
ou di g
out
the
cast.
C itics
we e
la gely
app eciative,
with
seve al
haili g
it
as
A u ag’s
st o gest
wo k
i
a
while,
though
that
c itical
goodwill
did ‘t
quite
ca y
ove
to
the
box
office.