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Kites is more mushier than a mushed up bowl of peas - Anurag Basu
By Guneet Wadera - Filmicafe.com, 24 April 2010
After a three year sabbatical, Anurag Basu will be returning to direction with the greatly anticipated film, Kites. The romantic action packed thriller filled with twists and turns aplenty features the scorching on-screen couple of Hrithik Roshan and Barbara Mori. We caught up with Anurag exclusively to talk Kites.
Read Full Interview here:http://filmicafe.com/celebrity_interview_detail.php?interview_id=866
Interview Excerpts
Q) Your films have always consciously pushed the envelope. Is Kites a film within a safety zone of commercial cinema or does it also go against the wind?
The safe films are the most unsafe ones. Most of the time in Bollywood, we take the safe route which ends up nowhere.
We are far from being global; mainstream audiences are not coming in and watching our films. Our global audiences are the NRI audiences. It's an uphill task to satisfy the big Indian audience at home and abroad. We should be recognized and our work should be seen by everybody in the world.
Kites defies Bollywood norms and doesn't take the safe route. It is a universal film and an attempt to push the envelope towards a global audience. I'm eagerly awaiting the reaction of the audience especially the non-Indian segment.
Q) You said at a recent event, that Hrithik's avatar in the film is unmissable. What according to you makes Hrithik in Kites unmissable?
(Laughs) I cannot pinpoint one thing. Everything ' his acting, his performance.
He has really rediscovered himself in the film. We all have - Hrithik has not done anything like this before, I've not done anything like this before, Barbara has never been a part of a Bollywood film before.
We all were having this adventure while making of this film and had a great time. We relieve all those great moments on set now when we watch the film.
By Guneet Wadera - Filmicafe.com, 24 April 2010
After a three year sabbatical, Anurag Basu will be returning to direction with the greatly anticipated film, Kites. The romantic action packed thriller filled with twists and turns aplenty features the scorching on-screen couple of Hrithik Roshan and Barbara Mori. We caught up with Anurag exclusively to talk Kites.
Read Full Interview here:http://filmicafe.com/celebrity_interview_detail.php?interview_id=866
Interview Excerpts
Q) Your films have always consciously pushed the envelope. Is Kites a film within a safety zone of commercial cinema or does it also go against the wind?
The safe films are the most unsafe ones. Most of the time in Bollywood, we take the safe route which ends up nowhere.
We are far from being global; mainstream audiences are not coming in and watching our films. Our global audiences are the NRI audiences. It's an uphill task to satisfy the big Indian audience at home and abroad. We should be recognized and our work should be seen by everybody in the world.
Kites defies Bollywood norms and doesn't take the safe route. It is a universal film and an attempt to push the envelope towards a global audience. I'm eagerly awaiting the reaction of the audience especially the non-Indian segment.
Q) You said at a recent event, that Hrithik's avatar in the film is unmissable. What according to you makes Hrithik in Kites unmissable?
(Laughs) I cannot pinpoint one thing. Everything ' his acting, his performance.
He has really rediscovered himself in the film. We all have - Hrithik has not done anything like this before, I've not done anything like this before, Barbara has never been a part of a Bollywood film before.
We all were having this adventure while making of this film and had a great time. We relieve all those great moments on set now when we watch the film.
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