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Anurag Kashyap: Few in Bollywood are as credible as Aamir Khan

Few in Bollywood are as credible as Aamir Khan: If not the youth, can't cinema play an instrumental role in putting forth issues which don't seem attention-grabbing to many? "I completely agree with Farooq Sheikh's thought - 'Agar aap cinema walon ko bandar ka naach dikhane jaisa treat karogey, tohcinema waley bhi aapko chawanni phenkne wala hi samjhengey.' There are discussions wherein filmmakers say - include certain elements to turn a project into a complete masala film. But I'm happy there is a different kind of cinema which the viewers are getting to watch. So if 'Kai Po Che' works, we understand that people are interested in watching a different kind of cinema. That sensibility is seeping in. It is slow, but gradually, it will happen."

"Agreed, not many are interested in watching films which deal with a social problem or health-related issue, but if Aamir Khan can make 'Taare Zameen Par', why can't other filmmakers follow in his footsteps? "It is a fact that not many watched 'Ankur Arora Murder Case'. So if there are no takers, how can we make such films? Jo paisa lagata hai, wohh bolta hai, 'Kyun aisi filmon mei mera pasia dooba rahe ho?'

As far as 'Taare Zameen Par' goes, it worked because Aamir Khan used his credibility, and directed the film. There are very few people who enjoy the credibility which Aamir Khan has. Uss credibility mei se bhi toh koi akela jake karta hai. Aur kitney log kartey hain? If we will make 'Taare Zameen Par', we won't get Rs 10 crores. At the end of the day, Bollywood is a consumer driven industry," he says.