Anurag Kashyap’s Tell-All Interview About His Past And His Career | With Nawazuddin Siddiqui

Anurag Kashyap’s and Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s thought provoking interview on life, sexuality, cinema and politics with Shoma Chaudhury at Algebra, The Arts and Ideas Club on 1st October 2016.
Anurag Kashyap reveals a haunting past and how it has come to define him and his work. His films, considered thematically inappropriate by the CBFC, bring topics otherwise brushed under the carpets in the forefront. His work exemplifies what it is like to swim against the current.
On his tiff with the Censor Board, Kashyap says he would consider making films in regional languages or in Hollywood and that there is no in-between for him anymore.
About his films making people uncomfortable, he says, “..it’s very important to make people feel uncomfortable because the truth is uncomfortable.”
With Nawazuddin Siddiqui joining in, the two recount how they first met and how working together so far has been.
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[@abhijeetkislay838]

I have never heard an honest interview like Anurag just gave. His solid stand on Pahlaj Nihalani publicly speaks volumes about his self-belief. Glad to witness work from such a person. Also loved the humbleness of Nawaz. Loved the interview on the whole! Thanks to the host and ALGEBRA for bringing this less fanfare and simple interview.

[@gunjeetsodhi5168]

Abhijeet Kislay a

[@aapsebaat5627]

Roti ka jugaad kar....rickshaw theek hogaya

[@DharmendraRaiMindMap]

Anurag Kashyap is one of the best filmmakers in the history of cinema ! You just have to see Black Friday to believe it . After that of you look at his constraints you feel he is some kind of Superman ! HATS OFF !

[@prashanttrivedi1304]

Yess sir totally agreed with you !!!! Cinema is bout innovation and improvising......... these guys is doing it really well !!! .......Anurag kashyap , nawazuddin siddiqui, Late Irrfan khan , pankaj tripathi , manoj bajpai , vikramaditya motwane and so on .......

[@vanessadorian]

Rajkumar hirani is a great director no doubt!But I just wish Anurag made Sanju biopic...it would have been more meaty and realistic!

[@nafiszami]

Kashyap makes good people evil not spoilt people great😂

[@divesh613]

Sanju was shit movie by Raju hirani's standard

[@user-oj7ch7if4n]

What the heck Sanju movie is about?? Don’t they have better stories or people on earth??? Shit movie

[@Prasen1729]

Rajkumar Hirani doesn't have the vision of Anurag, Anurag's films are higher, as a director Rajkumar might be equally good but his films are not comparable to the films of Anurag.

[@amandeepverma5332]

the only thing good about sanju was ranbir's acting

[@nadishmanandhar]

Anurag sir should make movies for netflix or hbo, they'll get it and pay for it. soon the Indian market will follow.

[@pradeepeswaramurthy246]

Man! You just predicted the future!

[@shivamthegreat12]

Wow what a predictor u r

[@babyydriver4114]

His doing it now

[@mohitdaheriya8712]

Hello, nadish , welcome to future

[@pyareanimals595]

@@mohitdaheriya8712 well bro i alwaz like to watch only anurag's content...ap mujhe ye btaiye anurag sir ki films box office public ko target nhi kar pati..fr vo pese kis tarah banate hai .

[@binodbhandari5880]

Anurag was abused 😢😢.... was lonely. .... this made me so sad

[@ineerajbatra]

Hats off to you Shoma, Anurag and Nawazuddin. It was a privilege watch this interaction.

[@abhisheksuraj]

Down to earth, still, after all the stardom. Nawaz is a gem.

[@aryanbhai2477]

Ripe of this interviw was d last 2 mins where Anurag tells about what bothers him today... "Intellectuals are intolerent of stupidity" v deep thought... I wish i was just a % of Anurag's honest intellect... I hope v understand d dilema n frustration of such people!!

[@pragyasingh7282]

I am so thankful to Anurag kashyap for believing to speak-up. I heard my soul talking out. I mean same dilemmas same judgements and same questions that why are people afraid of talking simple truth also, forget about dark-truths of life. Why does public general view point so imp and eventually you start believing that something is wrong with-in you only. And when celebrity like Anurag voice out its magic for the society! truly! ma immediate feeling was feeling so light, so relatable. More power to truth and being your own real self.

[@taseerkhalid9659]

This is one of the best interviews i have ever seen; when Nawaz was talking about his past and how he was overlooked i felt like crying.

[@thinkinghead5912]

So Courageous ! @AnuragKashyap "We have to put the truth out there , to make them uncomfortable and think over it. "

[@bornfoodieiam]

Anurag Kashyap is a gem kind of a director which bollywood has rarely produced !! He is one of the practical director who attracts me to watch with respect a bollywood film or a Hindi Netflix series.

[@ShahidAli-vx4nl]

extra ordinary!!! loved every single part of it. very insightful. i'm impressed with these two gentlemen.

[@ulbudhiya7360]

there is so much to learn from this interview of Anurag Kashyap and Nawazuddin Siddiqui, about there life and about there journey from nothing to what they are today. These lessons you will never get from any so called "inspirational video" out there.

[@rishabhrastogi4602]

i wish i can listen to this guy whole day

[@ruthtruthinireland]

When Anurag said he disappeared into a world of comic books between the covers of his bed, his safe space as such, it struck a chord with me. I used to disappear behind the couch in the sitting room and lean against the radiator reading books and would hide there for ages in a world of my own. I was a dreamer too, I would lose myself in day dreams a lot... This was many many years ago... and now, just a few months ago, in November 2019 I put the man who had sexually abused me in prison. I absolutely applaud him for his honesty when disclosing how through anger he almost became that same abuser himself as a teenager. That is incredibly brave, unbelievably brave. I have seen some of his movies and they are rare in that they expose some of the most uncomfortable and soul destroying topics that perhaps other directors don't want to touch... not for gratuitous attention but to make us think, to make us address the darkness we hide in ourselves and the pain we bury that only festers and explodes unless we eventually face what is tearing us apart. I never knew these things about Anurag so many thanks to the uploader for sharing this with us.

[@ShashankVijay]

the host of the show "Guftagoo" should have been here interviewing these men.

[@user-kp5ps7gj8b]

I love him.. Great interviewer.. RSTV rocks.

[@nafiszami]

Guftagoo is great...you can get interviews of rising artists

[@letmeknnow4902]

Irfan

[@arnobgazi2751]

Best actor i ever seen. Nawaz. I don't know is he a acting star or not. But he's god of acting ❤🇧🇩

[@anky0010]

Such a truth, both humans are the best thing ever happened to Bollywood

[@tingneihatkuki8337]

This definitely is one of the honest interview.

[@mitesh88]

Loved 'No Smoking' and have seen it a couple of times.

[@ethicalfilms594]

I dare Shome Chaudhury to find the courage to invite Arunahati Roy & Jharana Jhaveri who 1st met on 9th Aug 1997. Just around the time one had written End Of Imagination n the other had screened the game-changing documentary "Kaise Jeebo Re' to the Indian (doped) Media which U r a part of (Still) in 1997. Since then these two women have master-minded so many revolutions worldwide... U would need a huge n very clever team to know even 10% of the work they have done so far. Go for it before one of them is bumped off.

[@arunkdlr]

Unbearably long introductions. These guys have a lot to learn from Anurag, on editing.

[@me-vk6qv]

😂

[@antyest]

Profound opening lines 👏👏👏

[@satyagraphy1020]

आप लोगों का नया वीडियो क्यों नहीं आ रहा है।

[@9755312233]

Why is Imtiaz Ali clicking photos there...

[@aakankshaaditi9821]

Harsh Dubey lol

[@lordtashpane319]

Hahahha sams i thought 😆

[@OAParis]

Harsh Dubey 😂😂😂

[@adiinnit]

Imtiaz is Anurags BFF.. lol

[@alameri563]

The best part of this video and well said Anurag is @ 37:40

[@shivamthegreat12]

Bhai Anurag tu bna Black Friday jaise movie hum taire saath h

[@hiteshk1]

I want a film to be made on Anurag's life. and I want Anurag to to direct it because no one else can do justice to it.

[@rohanroy6156]

Shoma, a beauty that blows my mind.

[@manjotbrar7636]

Nawaz, Manoj, sanjay Mishra. kay kay menon. these are the real heroes of bollywood

[@AnandKumar-zp9yd]

बूरी

[@fanuskhan2312]

Where is Irfan khan???

[@VijayKumar-bv7gd]

manjot

[@navbharsharma447]

Manoj is on another level

[@tredchilly2359]

He tried his own luck... having said that the nepotism that prevails in Bollywood is open secret it’s like u invest money on something u want it to give return ... its a business but great respect to this fellow , like he said no one owes to u owes it to yourself .. it’s easier said then done

[@creatorjha]

It's really sad that person like this says he can't make movies because he afraid........ something's wrong with socity/ India....sorry!

[@shrirajmisra]

The miss india referred here is Niharika singh and the movie they did was Miss Lovely !

[@junaidyousaf8002]

Anurag my favourite director can't believe that he is so bold love you so much from pakistan❤❤❤

[@ShafikKhan-zq8kn]

Nawaz best role was in Kahani. He ate them all. Watch that movie.

[@nawazshah007]

Anurag is so intelligent he's way way better then Bollywood other director and a good human being

[@morrisons31]

Guys any idea "Black Friday" won any oscars? Where do i get to watch this movie ?

[@sanketx143]

It's available on Hotstar.

[@HardeepSingh-eg3yv]

The problem is that I don't think that the lady has seen any of the movies made or acted in by these two!

[@pappanjeevandas6041]

This guy is a pro and he knows the scene. The problem is he is way ahead of time . He know what he is doing and the best in the industry.👍🏻

[@sunilcuck7498]

There are two guys here who perfectly match what you try to say. Whom did you mention here?

[@rahulrok6000]

Anurag ji superb director. Very bold director. 🙏🏻

[@yasser_hussain]

even tho i don't agree with anurag on everything, hats off to him for his courage.

[@theheartbreakkid3619]

Both r true genius....

[@FaisalFaves]

*2019 **_anyone_* ?

[@biryanilogist]

Interviewer has not done her homework.

[@rolakishere.4266]

Someone make the movie on Nawaz's journey.

[@vineetmishra4706]

The way nawaz says innocencee z proof enuf of his innocence! Superb insights!

[@tigervirk]

WONDERFUL, ANURAG JEE YOU ARE ONE PERSON WHO HAS GUTS TO SPEAK AS IT IS... Indians are especially political shrines are so intolerant, biggest hypocrites are found in our Beautiful country....

[@mr.pchauhan9095]

Anurag sir tussi great ho jo nawaz sir ko pahchana nawaz sir ke age sab acter fike hai

[@manjotbrar7636]

These two are the great great personality of bollywood.

[@roseshine7759]

Of course nawaz g is very very good looking. Since in foreign countries focus more on features than color we all realized quickly how good looking he is apart from how talented he is. Lots of love to nawaz also to Anurag from UK n Nepal

[@jainravinderkaur]

The best thing about this video is the opening piece 🔥🔥🔥🔥 And Anurag of course ✌️

[@dwarakanarayan]

Thank you for sharing this!

[@TheGetmeatf20]

Anchor says we can not see 'No Smoking' due to censor. Lady, just pass me the grass you are smoking

[@chaitanyapatil1996]

rohit mishra lol

[@gippysingh1313]

it's really a one of the best

[@indrajeetpal4366]

Love Anu sir and nawaj Bhai for their work that is extraordinary

[@RahulGupta-oq5nq]

Two of the best talents of indian cinema.

[@chandathakur8263]

51:30 the way nawaz looked at the bottle and drank.

[@shamimparwez7504]

Both Are good human beings specially Anurag Kashyap

[@valarmorghulis3168]

@4:10 there you go, thank me later

[@RizwanKhan-sc5yp]

Thank you!

[@abrahamjos9348]

u mean the monologue?

[@sayhi2ameen]

Hmm....did not notice. What did I miss?

[@prajwalmeshram7690]

Thanks

[@saitech007]

She is unfit to Interview these mastery crafts men :-(( Shoma is Empty glittering shell with no content........

[@the_roblox_queen1349]

Foreigners Kala Ko respects Asians KaLa ko disrespect *** opposite ~ StupiD : Funny # Aaya Wealth = then, he’s Handsome *** She got famous = she’s BeautifuL !! It’s our bad opposite ~ funN Truth ... Haha HA

[@RajaRamani.R]

If you would have made subtitle for nawaziddiun ... I would be grateful to Algebra

[@pankaj_9998]

l like the intro part.... A picture is worth a thousand words

[@prads1000]

Nawaz forgot to mention the role that was given by Kamal Haasan Sir to him in year 1999 in Cult Classic movie Hey Ram which was definitely more than one scene.. Unfortunately due to length of the movie, Nawaaz's role was edited out of the final edit, however it doesnt change the fact that very early on Kamal Haasan Sir was able to identify the talent in him.. Kamal Haasan Sir also offered the Nawaz to be Hindi Dialog Coach of another cult Classic movie Abhay in the year 2000..

[@princekumaryadav1932]

Are you his P.A?

[@prads1000]

@@princekumaryadav1932 I am an ardent fan of both Kamal Hassan Sir and Nawazzuddin.. Nawaazuddin in other interviews has explicitly stated what I have mentioned above.. Do u due diligence before making such sarcastic comments for no reason..

[@princekumaryadav1932]

@@prads1000 no sir, I am an aspiring actor that's why I thought if I could reach him through you.

[@rocky71241]

Niharika singh was the lady with which nawaz had done a movie called miss lovely

[@gauthampai123]

rocky71241 good guess I was wondering who was the miss india

[@sonamsherpa6025]

I only watch Nawaz sir movie he is the best of the best .he is so down to earth I salute u nawaz sir one day you will be recognized as the best actor in the world as well as I’m 100 percent sure you will get thousands of awards in the future God bless u sir

[@ashishkiift]

Shoma should keep the BS short before calling the guests .. it should just be words of introduction for the guests

[@sushmitaroy6090]

What is ordinary and is made extraordinary.

[@RakeshKumar_9]

amazing duo...keep making awesome cinema.

[@diaryofseresha]

Anurag kashap is such a genius. He sees diamond in coal, way he saw value n talent in nawaz

[@BipinPhilip14]

i agree with the true violence turns on off violence

[@raiuzair1041]

Really learnt a lot from this interview

[@AliKirmaniAli]

Brilliant guy..

[@user-tq1mm8gh9e]

OMG! The trauma he must have faced and still facing because of the abuse. Please talk!

[@yashwanth456]

Awesome anchor

[@vikhyatchauahn4683]

I get it that her Hindi is not good. Why speak in an artificial Hindi accent to show that you have more command over English. It's like she is glorifying that she is using Hindi.

[@JR-td3vy]

Real strugglers boss

[@diwyasingh22]

Cannot hear the clear sounds .. please do something !!

[@shobhavijay6000]

Superb

[@MeRenegade]

no wonder no smoking was so amazing !

[@PerfectStranger1623]

Im proud to call myself a ‘Scindian’ because of Anurag Kashyap! 🙏🙏

[@theheartbreakkid3619]

2 Modern day genius in south asia

[@NavneetChanalia]

Intro is just amazing.!!

[@ria.runner]

The host is fantastic

[@trumpetfriday8971]

Elite wannabes...except for Anurag and Nawaz.

[@apurbaroy5992]

103 dislikes are Karan johar, and salman Khan fans

[@kalyanchakravarthy188]

fantastic 3

[@Sarthakislive]

27. 15. just before the interview.

[@msandiip3033]

The introduction of this video is so amazing that I want to see all of their videos now.

[@himanshumaldhe6980]

about whom he is taking about @ 1:16:17

[@ashishshukla8131]

Beautiful

[@mysticworldofthevasu4750]

since I have suffered with child abuse so I know how a sexual assaulted person feels

[@kalyanchakravarthy188]

I love shoma chaudhury ❤️

[@ManOfSteel1]

Most pathetic thing aboit algebra is that the mic volume of host is always higher than the guest.

[@secaccnt9931]

Skip to 6:04

[@talibsiddiqui9205]

Oscar deserving actor nawaz

[@gajanansawant2021]

He is right

[@MuhammadAli-vp9ok]

the interviewer does not know how to conduct interviews. she's sometimes asking the wrong question and she's forcing them to do something. this is not how you treat your guests.

[@rashidnadeem2897]

50:04 😍❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@kawishabbasi9459]

He makes Hindi society, Hindi films , talks ALL AND ONLY INDIAN AND HINDI, AND Speaks English.