Vivek
Agnihotri
Was
Planning
To
Cast
Asif
Basra
In
His
Upcoming
Film
The
director-producer
revealed
that
he
was
going
to
cast
Asif
in
his
upcoming
film
Kashmir
Files,
and
was
quoted
as
saying
by
Times
of
India,
"But
destiny
had
other
plans."
Vivek
Agnihotri
Recalls
His
Last
Meeting
With
Asif
Basra
Vivek
who
also
directed
Basra
in
his
thriller
TV
show
Saturday
Suspense,
revealed
that
the
news
of
Basra's
death
is
yet
to
sink
in.
"I
am
in
shock
and
it
is
yet
to
sink
in
that
he's
no
more.
I
last
met
him
when
we
had
a
party
to
celebrate
the
completion
of
the
100-day
run
of
Tashkent
Files.
We
had
a
blast.
He
was
a
personal
friend," he
was
quoted
as
saying.
Vivek
Says
Asif
Was
Bitter
About
Bollywood
The
filmmaker
said,
"I
found
him
quite
fine
when
he
did
Tashkent
Files,
he
was
a
bit
bitter
about
Bollywood
but
then
I
guess
many
of
us
are,
even
I
am."
Elaborating
further,
he
continued,
"Well,
I
have
nothing
sensational
to
reveal
here.
We
simply
used
to
talk
about
how
we
don't
take
good
actors
seriously
in
our
industry.
He
used
to
say
yahan
ya
to
phir
star
hota
hai
ya
everybody
else
hota
hai.
Supporting
actors
are
not
supported.
He
had
issues
about
that,"
and
added,
"But
that's
true.
I
agreed
with
him."
Vivek
Agnihotri
On
Why
He
Has
A
Problem
With
The
Star
System
"Stars
are
allowed
to
waste
money
to
the
tune
of
60-70
per
cent
of
a
film's
budget.
Someone
should
research
this
and
see-
so
many
film
with
stars
in
the
lead
are
so
pathetic-
no
content,
star
kuch
bhi
bol
raha
hai,
kuch
bhi
pehan
raha
hai.
And
why
is
this
being
tolerated?
Because
people
can
be
fooled
with
PR
campaigns
and
absolute
lies.
I
have
worked
with
stars
who
smoke
and
drink
but
they
paint
an
image
in
public
that
they
are
teetotallers.
Time
is
not
spent
on
craft
and
talent
is
not
respected.
And
let
me
tell
you
I
am
not
bitter
per
se.
Mere
se
koi
bhi
kaam
karta
hai
main
wahi
baat
karta
hoon
that
how
we
can
make
our
film
industry
better.
So
I
can't
really
say
whether
Asif
was
indeed
bitter
or
not,
but
he
wasn't
talking
about
great
experiences
in
the
industry,"
the
filmmaker
told
the
tabloid.