Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap, who is now constantly turning to acting, mentioned OTT veterans such as Netflix, Prime Video and new ways of making their content. Maharaja Star admitted that when the OTT platforms came out for the first time in India, they saw it as a great opportunity. As a result, he worked with him on the best projects like Sacred Games and Lust Stories. However, after the flood of streaming platforms after Kovid-19, things gradually started taking different turns.
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In an interview with The Hindu, the director discussed his cooperation with Netflix, Crime Drama Series ‘Sacred Games’ and ‘Lust Stories’. He said, “When we created ‘Sacred Games’ and ‘Lust Stories’, when Netflix came, we felt that it is an opportunity. And it felt like an opportunity; we did some great job with them. And then, slowly, slowly, around the time of Kovid, everything has changed again. Now what they are doing is doing it is bad than television. Now you want to go there.All these companies, whether Netflix or Amazon or Apple, are coming to India because data is new oil (petrol).He “membership is what they are searching. With a population of 1.4 billion, they want to maximize their membership. They do not want to get anyone angry. They do not want to make art or cinema, they are making materials. They are making materials to feed everyone, making materials to feed everyone, man walking on the road. And they are very happy that people are looking at their shows on the cellphone.
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Recently, Anurag Kashyap had revealed that Netflix had canceled the third season of the Scored Games after the prime video show Tandava controversy. Subsequently, his cinematic adaptation of the book Maximum City was also discontinued, causing him to face mental health problems.
In this interview, the director was also asked about the current status of the industry, to which he said, “The industry is very confused. If the mines still had dependence, it would have been working. They were not doing anything original, and they do not know what to do now. They are still looking for their way, and when you reach the lowest level, when you are starting to grow. will be.”
On the work front, Kashyap’s last directed film ‘Kennedy’ is waiting for the release date in India, while he was recently seen as an actor in the ‘Rifle Club’ and ‘Viduthalai Part 2’.