Sunday, July 5, 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

    WATCH: Tubelight Child Actor From Arunachal Pradesh Asked If This Is His First Time In India

    WATCH: Tubelight Child Actor From Arunachal Pradesh Asked If This Is His First Time In India
    Matin Rey Tangu, the child actor from Salman Khan’s Tubelight, was asked by a reporter at a recent event if it was his first time in India. Matin lives in Arunachal Pradesh.

    WATCH: Tubelight Child Actor From Arunachal Pradesh Asked If This Is His First Time In India

    Shah Rukh Agreed For Cameo Before I Could Ask, Says Salman

    Shah Rukh Agreed For Cameo Before I Could Ask, Says Salman
    Superstar Salman Khan says that Shah Rukh Khan instantly agreed to do the cameo in "Tubelight" before he could ask him for it.

    Shah Rukh Agreed For Cameo Before I Could Ask, Says Salman

    PIC: Poor Prabhas. First Katappa And Now Varun Dhawan. That Must Have Hurt

    PIC: Poor Prabhas. First Katappa And Now Varun Dhawan. That Must Have Hurt
    At Karan Johar's party on Monday night, Varun Dhawan tweeted a picture of himself casually stabbing Baahubali's Prabhas in the back

    PIC: Poor Prabhas. First Katappa And Now Varun Dhawan. That Must Have Hurt

    SEE PICS: Priyanka Chopra Shoots For Next Hollywood Film With Jim Parsons

    Priyanka Chopra was spotted shooting for her next Hollywood project, A Kid Like Jake in Brooklyn. Check out pictures from sets.

    SEE PICS: Priyanka Chopra Shoots For Next Hollywood Film With Jim Parsons

    Shah Rukh KhanTo Release Film Song With Girls Named 'SEJAL'

    Shah Rukh KhanTo Release Film Song With Girls Named 'SEJAL'
    Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, who will be seen alongside Anushka Sharma in "Jab Harry met Sejal", will release the films first song, titled "Radha", here in the presence of a few girls named Sejal.

    Shah Rukh KhanTo Release Film Song With Girls Named 'SEJAL'

    Preity Zinta Excited About Women's Safety Project

    Preity Zinta Excited About Women's Safety Project
    Actress Preity Zinta says she is excited for her "new beginnings" on executing her women's safety project.

    Preity Zinta Excited About Women's Safety Project