Anurag Kashyap's Interview - Very interesting points about Sushant - Page 9

Originally posted by: kyapa

maybe he didn’t want to talk to anyone like kriti mentioned in her insta. Now everybody who knew him can’t be wrong. I would rather believe them instead of theories here. And I believe rhea didn’t wanted to leave even after she was having anxiety attacks because of taking care of him 24/7, she chose him. It was him who was pushing her away.

I must have missed some of kriti's post. Because I certainly didn't come across any that said rhea was taking care of him like crazy 24*7.

She said he pushed people who loved him , yes. It can also mean she was talking about herself? Are you friends with kriti? Did she tell you what she meant there?

If he were to push rhea away , why would he start a joint venture with her in business with not just one but three where he was the solo investor! (Or so is said).

Like I said , nothing makes sense . I second you on not to believe stuff here on IF.

But you shouldn't really trust anyone else's supposed words. And/or posts because Sushant kriti have had a past and we don't know what that post refered to.

:)

Originally posted by: zaroonkashaf

What offers did he have? I'm just looking at Rumi's filmography and .....yeah. So if that is the only offer he had in hand then that doesn't say much to be honest.

Nobody is denying PR plays a part. But then let's delve into what part it plays and how the industry itself uses that to target folks within the industry. Why is it that barring a few people who knew Sushant, nobody out there from the A listers is talking about Blind Items. If positive PR can help you market yourself then negative PR can literally destroy that very image.

I understand everyone faces some kind of negativity but the whole point is how far are you going to go with that crap. If there's no basis to anything you are writing then shouldn't the industry itself confront that issue. Why are folks out there still giving interviews to a Masand when he literally wrote things about Sushant that can be categorized as character assassination. Where the hell is the solidarity here. Or is it because the industry knows that once that pandora's box opens up then more things are going to be revealed about the workings of the industry.

Rumi's film was the only film he had signed...not offer in hand. See his interview.

https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/sushant-singh-rajput-rhea-chakraborty-and-a-romantic-comedy-that-wasnt-meant-to-be/articleshow/76392982.cms

Post Chhichhore, he had also reportedly signed a 3 film deal with NGE which is as big as it gets.

https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/exclusives/exclusive-post-chhichhore-success-sushant-singh-rajput-signs-3-film-deal-sajid-nadiadwala-479148

I don't know why more people aren't speaking up against blinds. I can't expect people to speak up for something, that's their own choice. However, I wish blinds would stop and hopefully if we continue objecting against them, then the media will stop publishing them. We've already seen Rajeev stop his blinds column.

Originally posted by: ponymo

I loved the interview. All his views were extremely coherent and well-put.

Two excellent points which he raised that I thought were relevant:

1) SSR had to beg people to watch Sonchiriya, and you, the very same people crying hoarse about nepotism today didn't go to watch it despite good reviews, and you are the same people who go crazy over Taimur's pics. These people want to live in denial that they were not a part of the problem, but fact is they are the biggest part of the problem. But they will not admit it. They just want to point fingers at others.

2) SSR also ditched Anurag, not once, but twice; once for YRF and once for Dharma. And I don't blame Sushant for that at all. He has to look after his own interests at the end of the day, even if it means rejecting the smaller producers to get bigger films. Anurag also understood this, which is why he said he doesn't have grudges against Sushant for this bec this is something most people would do. However, the same logic has to be used for people like KJo or Aditya Chopra who may only want to work with the elite. Everyone aspires to be better than where they are, and if casting starkids is going to help them get better business, they will do it. Because at the end of the day, Bollywood is a business first, and art later.

I only disagreed with one aspect where he said that people like Karan Johar, Aditya Chopra can only create careers but cannot destroy careers. Absolutely not. They can easily destroy careers and they definitely have the power and clout to do that. Any newcomer who wants to become a star eventually has to act in big films, and all the big films are produced by these biggies. If they boycott the newcomer, where will they act? They can't keep just doing small, indie films with the hopes of getting noticed. They'll never succeed like that...

About Kangana, I said this in the other thread, so re-plugging this:

So she wanted to snatch the roles of TWO outsiders in just one film, and yet she is supposedly the spokesperson of outsiders? That's like Modi acting as the protector of minorities when at the same time he is also oppressing them and threatening their existence. Disgusting hypocrisy.

I told you. She is doing dirty politics. She is all set to enter political arena in a few years.

Karan Johar and Aditya Pancholi were easy preys, as they were already generally disliked by the public, so mobilizing support against them wasn't as difficult. When SSR died and the anti-nepo wave was high, she again rode the wave when public opinion was against the likes of Alia, Sonam, etc. and used that as proxy support to her.

However, when she took potshots against outsiders, she lost steam. I am so glad she found some befitting replies from Taapsee and other outsiders. She cannot keep her shitshow going against them at least.

Man you have such a clear thought process!👏

Excellent!!

I've been stalking the forum for 2 months now and finally created an ID... Cuz your and @MaroonPorche's posts inspired me!!!😆

Originally posted by: Logical-Indian

They can definitely spread blinds or gossip about an actor. That can definitely have an impact of the audience perception of the actor and on the actor's mental state. However, has blinds or gossip ever destroyed a career of a successful actor? Sushant himself had 2 back to back hits in Kedarnath and Chichore after the MeToo blinds came out. Salman and Sanjay Dutt have gone to jail and are still super stars. I think the audience has short term memory and don't care about these blinds and gossip other than dinner time conversations.

You know you are so right- never thought of it this way- the audience didnt care too much about his blinds or bad press- Kedarnath and Chhichore DID become hits after all. In this case, it's possible that the blinds did not affect his work or opportunities- I dont see people like Abhishek Chaubety, Manoj Bajpai or Nitish Tiwary even following blinds- but maybe it affected him and broke his morale anyway? The whispers and the embarrassment? He just to me always seemed subdued and so...not interested after that incident in interviews. His Chhichore promotions are upsetting to watch.

Originally posted by: From_Pluto

Man you have such a clear thought process!👏

Excellent!!

I've been stalking the forum for 2 months now and finally created an ID... Cuz your and @MaroonPorche's posts inspired me!!!😆

I think most people here are inspired by these very two members...Vijay should pay them some Royalty!

Originally posted by: Scarlet.ferro

I must have missed some of kriti's post. Because I certainly didn't come across any that said rhea was taking care of him like crazy 24*7.

She said he pushed people who loved him , yes. It can also mean she was talking about herself? Are you friends with kriti? Did she tell you what she meant there?

If he were to push rhea away , why would he start a joint venture with her in business with not just one but three where he was the solo investor! (Or so is said).

Like I said , nothing makes sense . I second you on not to believe stuff here on IF.

But you shouldn't really trust anyone else's supposed words. And/or posts because Sushant kriti have had a past and we don't know what that post refered to.

:)

@Joint venture - coz he loved her and when he saw her suffering coz of him, maybe he decided to live alone for her sake only.
Im not believing anything just speculating and I know I will never know what actually happened.

Originally posted by: cricketfan1

I think most people here are inspired by these very two members...Vijay should pay them some Royalty!

Okay I'm sorry, who's Vijay? 🙈🙈 Lol I've no idea whatsoever!

Whosoever that is, they do deserve some royalty⭐️

Originally posted by: Logical-Indian

Coming to big films, I don't think Dharma and YRF are the ONLY production houses making big films. There are plenty of other big production houses, UTV, FOX, Sony,Sajid Nadiadwala, Ronnie Screwwala, Excel, Zee, Balaji to name a few. Just because 1-2 production houses stop working with an actor does not mean their career is destroyed.

This!! There is no unity in the industry so there is no chance anyone can get cancelled just because one or two production houses dislike you. Just because Karan Johar dislikes someone doesn't mean Nadiadwala is going to dump that person too. Just because Ekta Kapoor has an issue doesn't mean Adi Chopra is going to hunt down that person. These people don't even have loyalty to each other or else they wouldn't be clashing with their friends' films and doing shady stuff to each other. So why would they unite over destroying a 3rd party's career? It makes no sense.

When Priyanka walked out of Bharat and pissed off Salman, it's not like Siddharth Roy Kapur dumped her from Sky is Pink. Nobody was out there trying to avenge for what she did to Salman. Nobody cares about each other that much.

Kangana has pissed off half the industry for years now and she keeps on getting work also. They may not be the biggest production companies but who cares? She is still surviving and doing what she feels like.

It's just that films in general are a very unpredictable and shaky medium. In an industry like this, people are chewed up and spit out all the time simply because there's only room for a few people in the A-list. If you're unlucky or choose the wrong films, it doesn't take long to be forgotten.

Originally posted by: Logical-Indian

@Bold - Karan and Adi and can choose not to work with an actor but can they stop other producers from working with them? Like Anurag said, he is not going to call Karan and ask his permission before casting someone. Shradha reportedly had a tiff with YRF but her career is going well. Ayushman has never worked with them and is doing well as well. Working with Dharma and YRF is not the be all and end all.

They can definitely spread blinds or gossip about an actor. That can definitely have an impact of the audience perception of the actor and on the actor's mental state. However, has blinds or gossip ever destroyed a career of a successful actor? Sushant himself had 2 back to back hits in Kedarnath and Chichore after the MeToo blinds came out. Salman and Sanjay Dutt have gone to jail and are still super stars. I think the audience has short term memory and don't care about these blinds and gossip other than dinner time conversations.

Rest I agree with what you said.

My intention isn’t to say you can’t survive if people stop working with you, that all depends, on many variableS, however, very possible that when people start going the ‘other way’ to other actors, there can be irreplaceable opportunity cost. It’s maybe not so much what you gained, maybe it’s what you lost out on.

In the blinds/the whole attacking your character angle: cheating, affairs rumours, aren’t incriminating, but false metoo allegations, gossip re character, that can be damaging. But then you jumped to sanjay and salman with criminal history, even then, If I look at sanjay dutt post his recent jail stint for 90s case, he hasn’t done any ground breaking roles like munna bhai. I agree salman has escaped public wrath, largely due to reshma shetty and lately he has been co producing/ producing his own movies, which is different, and not likely possible for an ‘outsider’. I would also argue salman and sanjay have strong industry support, which makes navigating difficult times more bearable than for a sushant or a Ayushmann.

I believe Ayushmann did work with Yrf., he had a 3 film deal with them.

Sushants kedarnath and chichore were filmed before me too allegations. If I am not mistaken, he filmed kedarnath, chichore, dil Béchara in 2018, drive in 2017. I could be very wrong, but I don’t believe he had any new projects that were announced/filmed in 2019.