Filmmaker
Anurag
Kashyap
loves
to
put
society's
underbelly
under
a
scanner
and
his
films
like
Black
Friday,
Dev
D
and
Gangs
Of
Wasseypur
are
a
case
in
point.
Now
he
has
come
up
with
another
dark
drama
Ugly,
saying
he
delves
into
such
themes
because
he
believes
in
showing
"real" things.
"I
think
there's
a
certain
honesty
and
truth
in
dark
themes.
Rest
everything
else
is
a
camouflage
-
like
they
decorate
a
cake
with
icing.
I
believe
in
real,
and
that's
what
I
show,"
Kashyap
said.
That's
precisely
what
he
does
in
Ugly,
which
had
its
Asia
premiere
at
the
recently
concluded
third
edition
of
the
Ladakh
International
Film
Festival
(LIFF)
in
this
Jammu
and
Kashmir
region
and
was
well-received.
He
put
together
Ugly
after
coming
across
multiple
true-life
stories
during
his
research.
Kashyap
requested
the
media
not
to
reveal
anything
about
the
film,
but
one
can't
resist
from
saying
that
the
edge-of-the-seat
thriller
keeps
you
engrossed
from
the
word
go.
Ugly,
which
was
initially
screened
at
the
Cannes
International
Film
Festival
earlier
this
year,
is
set
for
a
Sepember
19
release.
Apart
from
a
TV
show
starring
Amitabh
Bachchan,
Big
B
will
be
seen
in
a
cameo
in
Ghoomketu,
which
is
co-produced
by
Kashyap,
who
also
stars
in
the
film.
There's
another
film
that
Kashyap
and
Amitabh
have
joined
hands
for.
On
that,
the
filmmaker
said,
"It's
still
in
its
writing
phase.
Mr.
Bachchan
has
become
very
busy
right
now."
Thanks
to
his
past
successes,
Kashyap's
plate
is
full
and
he
is
also
roping
in
big
names
for
his
projects.
For
instance,
there
is
Ranbir
Kapoor
and
Anushka
Sharma
starrer
Bombay
Velvet,
which
has
entered
the
"editing"
stage,
he
said.
"Now
it
is
in
post-production.
We
take
a
lot
of
time
in
that,"
he
said.
Instrumental
in
introducing
a
new
style
of
content,
presentation
and
genre
to
the
Indian
cinema,
Kashyap
is
sure
that
he
would
"continue
making
films"
he
wants
to.
Nevertheless
he
is
glad
that
between
him
and
his
partners
in
Phantom
Films,
Vikramaditya
Motwane
and
Vikas
Bahl,
they
are
offering
a
"balanced"
dose
of
entertainment
to
cinema
aficionados
in
the
country."I
make
Ugly,
Vikas
makes
Queen
and
Vikram
makes
Lootera.
It's
a
good
balance,"
he
said.
Creativity
is
not
the
only
thing
that
keeps
him
busy.
Till
some
time
back,
Kashyap
was
also
fighting
a
case
to
show
a
smoking
scene
without
the
disclaimer
-
'Smoking
is
injurious
to
health'.
But
he
lost
it.
He
however
hasn't
given
up!
"We
have
to
continue
fighting
it
-
at
least
I
will
continue
the
fight
in
the
hope
that
some
day
someone
will
understand
that
if
I
don't
want
an
anti-smoking
logo
running
on
my
movie
that
doesn't
mean
that
I
am
encouraging
smoking,"
he
said.
Kashyap
says
that
running
a
disclaimer
is
not
a
bad
idea,
but
the
current
format
is
not
right.
"People
need
to
see
that.
It
is
fine
to
put
an
ad
before
and
after
the
film,
but
on
the
film
-
it's
not
just
distracting,
it's
insulting,"
Kashyap
stated.