Anurag Kashyap on Chhaava

Anurag Kashyap on Chhaava. Vicky Kaushal,Rashmika Mandanna's Chhaava directed by Lakshman Utekar created a sensation at the box office. The film turned out to be a highest grosser in the industry. The film is based on the valour of Sambhaji Maharaj, son of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, and shows him carrying the strength of four great natural elements that make the world - earth, fire, water and air.

In the meantime, Anurag Kashyap speaking to scribes made sensational comments on Chhaava. He said he didnot like the film. He added “I don’t have much interaction with him much these days. I don’t judge him, because every person has their own reasons… I don’t repeat myself. What I wanted to say, I said.”

He continued “This is why I left Mumbai. Every person has their own ambitions, and it is up to them on how they choose to achieve them. It’s not my responsibility. It took me a while to detach myself. But the atmosphere in Bollywood has become more money-minded. People are looking at ‘crores’ in their decision-making. This is what I ran away from. I don’t want to return to that world.”

He shared “More than Chhaava, it felt like The Passion of the Christ. Mujhe nahin jami (I didn’t like it). The emotion that was being created out of discomfort, I don’t appreciate. I basically watched it for Viineet. I don’t want to judge. I didn’t understand the filmmaker’s storytelling choices, but others did. That’s why I’m not a part of the mainstream; I’m a more romantic sort of person.”

He continued “I’ve stopped watching Hindi films anyway. I watched Dhadak 2, Laapataa Ladies, and Chamkila, that’s it.”