Anurag Kashyap calls Rohit Shetty the most honest mainstream director; says that others are simply copying what works

Director Anurag Kashyap never minces his words when it comes to honest statements. He has the courage to call a spade a spade. As the director talks about why Bollywood is failing while southern films are making money at the box office, he now calls Rohit Shetty the most honest mainstream director to have mastered his genre.

Talking about how mainstream cinema is going through a bad phase, Anurag praised Rohit Shetty for bringing his own originality to the plate and making his own kind of cinema that connects well with the audience.

“I find mainstream movies today very poor, quality-wise. I think somewhere the only person you see is yourself and the honesty is actually in Rohit Shetty, which is why you enjoy him. Because the rest of the others in the mainstream are just trying to copy what works, they’re trying to be somebody else,” Galatta Plus quoted Anurag as saying.

The director further praised Rohit, saying that the director realized that he was good at action and focused on improving his craft. He added that he will argue with Rohit about his sensibilities, his politics and other things, but he is as mainstream as Hindi cinema can get. He said the latter was David Dhawan and called him the author, adding that Dhawan and Govinda were a remarkable team.

A few months back, Anurag took aim at Aditya Chopra while talking about the reason behind YRF’s failure. He alleged that Aditya was trying to dictate the directors working for him and advised him not to control everything, hire good people and let them make their film.

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