Mumbai:
Anurag
Kashyap
used
to
feel
that
Karan
Johar
was
a
misfit
for
Bombay
Talkies,
but
later
he
did
find
a
common
ground
with
the
fellow
filmmaker
and
thinks
Karan's
short
film
is
the
best
in
the
anthology
tribute
to
100
years
of
Indian
cinema.
It's
a
compilation
of
four
short
stories
directed
by
four
different
filmmakers
Kashyap,
Dibakar
Banerjee,
Zoya
Akhtar
and
Johar.
It
releases
on
May
3
when
India's
first
feature
film
--
Raja
Harishchandra
--
by
the
legendary
Dadasaheb
Phalke
was
released.
"Initially,
I
used
to
feel
that
Karan
is
a
misfit
but
not
anymore.
The
more
I
have
discovered
him,
I
love
him
a
lot.
I
identify
with
him
on
a
lot
on
many
things
in
life.
And
he
is
also
who
he
is
because
of
where
he
comes
from.
He
aspires
to
be
a
filmmaker...
he
is
constantly
trying
to
change
himself,
adapt
to
situations,
produces
films
for
younger
lot," Kashyap
told
PTI.
"The
only
difference
is
he
has
the
resources
that
I
don't
have.
I
find
a
parallel
in
what
he
does.
I
like
him
as
an
individual
now,"
he
said.
Also,
Kashyap
is
quite
impressed
with
the
film
that
Karan
has
made
for
the
centenary
celebration
and
feels
it's
a
first
of
its
kind.
"I
have
seen
their
(Dibakar
Banerjee,
Zoya
Akhtar
and
Karan
Johar)
films
and
they
have
done
a
brilliant
job.
Everybody
has
made
a
magical
film.
There
is
a
silent
secret
competition
between
the
four
of
us
but
my
favourite
is
Karan
Johar's
film,"
he
added.
Anurag
was
the
first
one
to
come
on
board
for
this
film
and
he
did
recommend
a
few
directors
including
Dibakar.
"I
came
on
board
because
I
enjoy
doing
short
films.
But
I
am
not
a
struggler
anymore
to
make
a
short
film.
I
had
also
given
Vishal
Bharadwaj's
name.
He
was
shooting
something
so
he
couldn't
come
on
board,"
he
said.
For
Bombay
Talkies,
all
the
four
directors
were
given
Rs
1.5
crore
each.
"We
were
all
given
the
same
budget,
I
think
for
Karan
it
would
be
a
very
tight
budget.
But
for
me
Rs
1.5
crore
was
enough
as
I
could
make
a
feature
film
in
that,"
he
says.
Anurag's
20-minute
film
is
about
an
ardent
fan's
wish
to
meet
his
idol,
Amitabh
Bachchan.
The
70-year-old
actor
plays
a
cameo
in
the
film
where
he
meets
the
fan,
who
comes
to
visit
him
all
the
way
from
his
hometown
Allahabad
in
Uttar
Pradesh.
For
Anurag,
working
with
Big
B
has
always
been
a
dream.
The
filmmaker
is
all
praise
for
the
legend.
"He
took
care
of
the
crew,
he
was
so
hospitable,
he
kept
feeding
us
all
the
time.
We
were
overwhelmed,"
he
said.
Considering
the
story
is
about
a
fan
of
Bachchan,
the
shooting
happened
in
and
around
Pratiksha
bungalow,
one
of
houses
of
the
megastar.
"I
have
shot
inside
the
bungalow
and
around.
Pratiksha
is
the
main
protagonist
of
my
film.
And
that
for
me
is
the
important
thing
and
without
Pratiksha
I
couldn't
have
made
the
film,"
he
said.