Abhay
Deol
talks
about
his
association
with
the
filmmaker
Anurag
Kashyap
in
the
making
of
the
Hindi
movie
Dev
D.
He
also
tells
that
the
though
he
liked
the
movie
No
Smoking
it
still
remains
to
be
a
mystery.
Abhay,
did
it
help
the
film
that
two
unconventional
men
like
you
and
Anurag
Kashyap
came
together?
I
suppose
coming
together
of
two
unconventional
personalities
worked
in
a
positive
way
for
the
film.
We
are
two
very
different
people
and
it
went
in
our
favor.
We
both
tend
to
go
into
different
arenas
and
with
Dev
D,
we
had
all
the
fun
exploring
stuff
that
wasn't
brought
to
screen
before.
Weren't
you
apprehensive
though
about
working
with
Anurag
since
his
No
Smoking
was
panned
by
most?
I
wasn't
but
then
there
were
people
around
me
who
dissuaded
me
from
working
with
Anurag.
My
question
to
them
was,
'How
could
I
be
showing
my
back
to
a
film
maker
when
I
myself
had
a
few
unsuccessful
films
behind
me.
It
is
a
mutual
thing
for
me
to
be
a
part
of
a
project
-
people
should
have
liked
my
work
and
I
should
have
liked
theirs.
We
both
should
be
really
kicked
about
working
with
each
other.
I
wanted
to
work
with
Anurag
and
I
am
sure
he
too
wanted
to
work
with
me;
so
here
we
are
with
Dev
D.
But
tell
me
honestly,
did
you
like
his
No
Smoking?
I
liked
No
Smoking
though
let
me
confess
that
at
the
end
of
the
film,
the
payback
wasn't
too
satisfying.
I
was
like
'What
was
it
all
about?'
It
was
a
mystery
for
me
and
didn't
get
what
it
was
in
the
end.
Still,
to
give
Anurag
credit,
his
craft
was
great
and
he
understood
the
film
medium
quite
well.
It's
just
that
the
film
was
all
too
abstract
for
the
regular
audience.
Story first published: Saturday, February 7, 2009, 9:35 [IST]