Why Anurag Kashyap thinks 'Gangs of Wasseypur' is 'the bane of his life'

Mumbai, May 27 The audience may love Anurag Kashyap's two-part magnum opus 'Gangs of Wasseypur' but Anurag, the poster boy of independent films, "hates" it.

The auteur recently graced the Cannes premiere of his film 'Kennedy' where it received an 8-minute standing ovation.

Talking about the experience of having 'Kennedy' screened at Grand Theatre Lumiere in the midnight screening section, Kashyap made a self-deprecating joke mentioning his last film 'Almost Pyaar with DJ Mohabbat'.

He told Brut India: "It was really overwhelming, it's my first film at Theatre Lumiere with 2,500 people appreciating the film. The numbers were more than the entire audience that saw my last film 'Almost Pyaar with DJ Mohabbat'. I broke that entire record in one screening."

He further spoke about 'Gangs of Wasseypur' which is perhaps his most successful film.

He said: "'Gangs of Wasseypur' is the bane of my life. I hate 'Gangs of Wasseypur' because everybody expects me to keep making the same kind of films which I'm never going to do again in my life. I want to make different kinds of films."

He then said that it's this pursuit of making different films that gave birth to 'Black Friday', 'Dev.D' or even 'Gangs of Wasseypur'.

"'Gangs of Wasseypur' is always available on Netflix. I want to move forward and make more cinema like for me 'Kennedy' is more personal."

'Kennedy' stars Sunny Leone, Rahul Bhat and Abhilash Thapliyal.

He also spoke about why he chose to cast Sunny for the film.

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