Anurag
Kashyap's
'Yudh'
did
not
strike
the
right
chord
with
the
audience
despite
the
presence
of
Amitabh
Bachchan
and
the
creator
of
the
mini-series
attributes
the
failure
to
ad-breaks
and
the
public's
refusal
to
accept
the
megastar
as
a
frail
character.
The
psychological-thriller
was
touted
to
be
the
big
thing
on
TV
this
year
thanks
to
the
stellar
presence
of
Big
B,
Sarika,
Nawazuddin
Siddiqui
among
others.
Kashyap,
42,
said
he
has
learnt
a
lesson
with
the
failure
of
his
maiden
small
screen
venture
and
has
no
plans
to
return
to
TV
anytime
soon.
"I
will
take
some
time
before
I
do
something
on
TV
again.
'Yudh'
did
not
work.
We
got
to
learn
a
lot
from
its
failure.
The
ad
breaks
changed
the
mood
of
the
show.
We
were
trying
to
make
something
atmospheric
but
the
ads
broke
the
rhythm
and
mood
of
the
story.
Even
'True
Detective'
with
breaks
will
appear
slow," Kashyap
told.
The
director
said
that
getting
Bachchan
on
board
also
did
not
work
for
them
as
the
audience
declined
to
watch
the
72-year-old
actor
in
a
non
larger-than-life
role.
"Audience
did
not
accept
Amitabh
Bachchan
as
the
frail
character
he
played.
They
want
to
see
him
in
larger-than-life
roles.
Shows
like
this
should
be
made
with
unknown
faces,
non-fan
base
actors
but
with
such
actors
you
will
not
get
a
big
budget.
"Even
if
you
get
it,
you
will
have
to
get
rid
of
ads.
Then
you
will
have
to
pay
from
your
pocket.
Outside
of
India,
it
has
worked
because
there
are
paid
channels.
We
realised
all
this
after
doing
'Yudh'.
We
were
all
very
happy
that
we
did
it
but
then
the
result
was
not
desirable,"
he
said.
Kashyap,
who
has
earlier
given
a
modern-day
twist
to
Sarat
Chandra
Chattopadhyay's
Bengali
novel
'Devdas' in
his
film
'Dev
D',
said
that
classics
like
'Bandini'
directed
by
Bimal
Roy
can
be
made
today
with
proper
changes.
"New
adaptation
of
'Bandini' can
definitely
be
made.
The
essence
of
the
story
is
timeless.
The
situation
may
not
be
but
the
story
is
relevant,"
he
said.
The
filmmaker
said
that
he
grew
up
watching
Roy's
movies.
"I
did
not
see
Satyajit
Ray
until
I
was
35.
The
films
that
I
actually
grew
up
watching
were
Bimal
Roy's
movies
and
the
mainstream
moveis
of
the
'70s,"
he
added.