Tuesday, June 16, 2026
ADVT 
Bollywood

Hollywood Doesn'T Really Explore Violence: Anurag Kashyap

Darpan News Desk, 21 Nov, 2018 12:33 PM
    Known as a master of making violence-based movies in Hindi cinema, filmmaker Anurag Kashyap expressed his thoughts on violence staged in Hollywood, saying American movies dont really explore violence.
     
     
    According to Anurag, Hollywood movies focus more on commercialisation.
     
     
    "America is always middle of the ground, they always borrow from everywhere and make it more palatable and commercial but they don't really explore violence barring some of the exploitation movies. They know how to commercialize everything, they are the Mcdonalds version of action and violence," he said in a conversation for Royal Stag Barrel Select Large Short Films Perfect Strokes with Anupama Chopra.
     
     
    Be it movie "Gangs of Wasseypur" or web show "Sacred Games", Anurag never leave a chance to show violence, killings and other brutal scenes in his projects.
     
     
    Sharing his idea of violence, the 46-year-old director revealed that he does not like to see usage of violence in superhero movies as he believes mainstream films and superhero movies celebrate violence rather than showing its depth.
     
     
    "I like the whole idea of taking people through that whole motion of what's the worst fear that they might have. I get borthered by seeing celebratory violence that I see in mainstream movies or the superhero movie where the violence makes you feel like wanting to be a hero and getting into a fight.
     
     
    "My idea of creating violence is to put the viewer off it, where it disturbs them," Anurag added.
     
     
    The episode featuring Anurag will be out on Wednesday.

    MORE Bollywood ARTICLES

    I Love When People 'Stalk' Me: Priyanka Chopra

    I Love When People 'Stalk' Me: Priyanka Chopra
    Actress Priyanka Chopra says she doesnt mind being stalked on social media.

    I Love When People 'Stalk' Me: Priyanka Chopra

    Will Be A Better Actor In English: Saif Ali Khan

    Will Be A Better Actor In English: Saif Ali Khan
    Saif Ali Khan, known for films like "Being Cyrus", "Omkara" and "Parineeta", says he will be a better actor in English as it is his primary language.

    Will Be A Better Actor In English: Saif Ali Khan

    10 must-see Bollywood films of 2018

    10 must-see Bollywood films of 2018
    Here's A List Of Must-See Bollywood Films This Year

    10 must-see Bollywood films of 2018

    PICS: Inside Trishala And Maanyata's New Year Celebrations With Sanjay Dutt

    PICS: Inside Trishala And Maanyata's New Year Celebrations With Sanjay Dutt
    In separate posts, Trishala wrote wonderfully worded messages for both "papa dukes (as she calls Sanjay Dutt)" and Maanyata

    PICS: Inside Trishala And Maanyata's New Year Celebrations With Sanjay Dutt

    Shah Rukh Khan Has The PERFECT Gift For Fans On New Year, Gives A Sneak Peak Into His Dwarf Avatar

    Shah Rukh Khan Has The PERFECT Gift For Fans On New Year, Gives A Sneak Peak Into His Dwarf Avatar
      Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan on the first day of 2018 treated his fans with the title and teaser of his first creative collaboration with director Aanand L Rai. The film, "Zero", features the actor as a dwarf.

    Shah Rukh Khan Has The PERFECT Gift For Fans On New Year, Gives A Sneak Peak Into His Dwarf Avatar

    Singer Sunidhi Chauhan Gives Birth To A Baby Boy, B-Town Congrats

    Singer Sunidhi Chauhan Gives Birth To A Baby Boy, B-Town Congrats
    "The baby and mother are doing well. Sunidhi and husband Hitesh are proud with their little bundle of joy who arrived at 5.20 p.m. on January 1, 2018," Ranjana Dhanu, Sunidhi's obstetrician-gynaecologist, said in a statement

    Singer Sunidhi Chauhan Gives Birth To A Baby Boy, B-Town Congrats