In
a
recent
interview,
filmmaker
Anurag
Kashyap
got
talking
about
how
the
emergence
of
OTT
platforms
is
leveling
the
playing
field
for
artists
in
the
Hindi
film
industry.
He
shared
that
the
nepotism
debate
was
more
relevant
in
the
2000s,
but
has
become
redundant
now.
Anurag
also
claimed
that
Ranveer
Singh,
who
is
now
thought
to
be
an
insider
of
the
film
industry
because
of
his
distant
connection
with
Anil
Kapoor's
family,
suffered
numerous
rejections
in
his
career.
He
revealed
that
Ranveer
was
his
choice
for
his
film
Bombay
Velvet,
but
the
production
houses
did
not
back
the
choice.
Talking
to
Faye
D'Souza
about
the
rejections
that
Ranveer
had
to
face,
Anurag
said,
"However
much
people
call
him
an
insider
because
of
some
remote
connection,
from
two
generations
before,
the
man
has
struggled.
Ranveer
Singh
was
rejected
in
an
audition
in
Shaitan.
Ranveer
Singh
is
an
actor
who
when
I
wanted
to
cast
him
in
Bombay
Velvet,
I
had
a
tough
time.
My
studios
and
nobody
believed
in
me
and
told
me
they
will
not
give
me
money
if
I
made
the
film
with
him.
So
even
that
Ranveer
Singh,
that
I
know
two
personal
stories
of
my
own
production
that
rejected
him,
he
is
a
star
today."
Bombay
Velvet
ultimately
starred
Ranbir
Kapoor
and
Anushka
Sharma.
The
film
was
a
critical
as
well
as
commercial
failure.
It
was
directed
and
co-produced
by
Anurag.
On
the
nepotism
debate,
Anurag
said,
"See
nepotism
was
a
debate
of
2000,
the
early
decade.
Right
now,
with
OTT
coming
into
the
picture,
that
debate
is
pointless.
There
are
much
more
opportunities
on
OTT,
there
are
much
more
outsiders
coming
in.
That
was
the
time
I
fought
that
battle.
When
me
and
Kangana
were
friends
and
were
like
'We
will
do
this
film'.
How
many
people
believed
in
Queen?
Nobody
did.
We
went
down
and
fought
that
battle.
This
industry
was
about
supporting
their
people,
like
any
other
business."
Anurag
and
Kangana's
friendship
has
turned
visibly
sour
in
the
recent
past.
The
filmmaker
has
expressed
disappointment
in
Kangana's
views
on
many
things
which
he
thinks
are
exaggerated
and
untrue.