Anurag
Kashyap
is
all
set
to
rock
the
screens
with
his
next
film
Mukkabaaz.
The
movie
opened
to
some
rave
reviews
at
the
Toronto
International
Film
Festival
and
Jio
MAMI
Mumbai
Film
Festival.
Recently,
Anurag
spoke
to
Reuters
about
Mukkabaaz
and
why
he
does
not
like
Bollywood
biopics.
''Mukkabaaz
is
a
film
about
sports,
but
it's
an
honest
sports
film.
We
turn
everything
into
formula.
Even
our
biopics
are
not
honest.
See
the
films
that
have
come
out
...
it
has
become
a
formula
now.''
''People
with
one
singular
achievement
have
a
biopic
being
told
about
them.
Or
people
whose
life
is
not
over
yet
...
and
all
biopics
are
super
nationalist
and
patriotic
and
end
with
the
national
anthem.
And
that
pisses
me
off.
They
are
born
heroes,
from
the
first
frame
to
the
last.
I
find
them
extremely
manipulative
and
don't
like
most
of
them.''
He
added,
''People
have
always
bought
patriotism.
Most
people
across
the
world
live
very
meaningless
lives.
When
they
feel
patriotic,
they
think
they
have
a
purpose
and
that's
why
patriotism
is
sold
to
them,
because
their
other
issues
they
cannot
redress.''
''Cinema
in
India
is
less
of
an
art
form
and
more
of
a
business.
So
producers
always
say,
put
in
a
bit
of
this
and
that.
You
should
hear
when
they
say
'we
should
put
in
the
national
anthem
in
the
end'.
It's
like
putting
in
a
bit
of
jeera
(cumin)
to
a
dish.
That
is
what
they
reduce
patriotism
to.
It
pisses
me
off
and
that
is
what
I
have
addressed
in
my
film.''
When
asked
about
working
with
Aanand
L.
Rai,
he
said,
''It
just
happened.
I
was
looking
for
money,
and
we
had
a
great
script.
Vineet
Kumar
Singh
(the
lead
actor
in
Mukkabaaz)
had
gone
in
and
put
in
so
many
years,
but
he
had
been
a
character
actor.
People
loved
the
script
so
much,
but
they
said
take
Vineet
out
of
the
equation.
Let's
take
the
film
to
a
big
star
and
you
take
whatever
money
you
want.''
''They
didn't
have
a
problem
with
Zoya
because
'heroine
koi
bhi
ho'
(the
female
lead
could
be
anyone).
I
didn't
want
to
take
Vineet
out
of
the
equation,
so
we
walked
out
of
one
place.
Aanand
Rai
called
me
because
he
wanted
me
to
do
Manmarziyan,
but
I
said
I
wanted
to
do
this
one
first.
So
he
said
let's
do
both
together,''
Anurag
revealed.