Anurag Kashyap and No Smoking

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By:Salman Akhter  Its been a while and almost all the chapters of NO SMOKING are closed  Its Om Shanti Om and Sawariya at the current point of disscussion but I wish to discuss the psyche of a Creative Film Writer/Director like Anurag Kashyap, I have a say a about it. I have been reading some of most arrogant comments from Anurag Kashyap in defence of his work ‘No Smoking’ I kept thinking about the reason behind his outburst and the media’s attack on him and tried to look into the gravity, why this kind of situation arised that media appeared to be angered while reviewing the movie ‘No Smoking’ directed by him. If we look numerous comments passed by Director Anurag Kashyap in the recent past, they are about the people who had already proved themselves and made their name successfully, It seems he has personal disliking of the work of many of these reknowned film makers appeared to be Dr Yash Chopra, Karan Johar alongwith many others but he did like the ‘Chak De India’ produced by Yash Chopra’s production house. Then where is the point of showing arrogance, if Mr Kashyap wish to prove his point why not he does the same by making movies which could be lapped up by the viewers and the critics alike, making a sensational comment about Dadasaheb Phalke Award winner Yash Chopra or any other successful (read established) to get attention could be beneficial for his project, but, it backfired unfortunately because the outcome of the Box Office and Critical acclaim proved his arrogance as the creative frustration, (The same was the case with Naseeruddin Shah, the Actor, once upon a time). When his earlier work ’Black Friday’ was appreciated unanimously, he did not pass any kind of remark pro or against the same movie reviewers. Its not the first time that Film Reviewers/Critics Khalid Mohammed, Taran Adarsh and others tore apart any movie they did not like.(Ram Gopal Verma Ke Sholay got the same fate), that does not make Ram Gopal Verma less talented film maker,In fact this kind of reviews only finally made him to evaluate the flaws he had been ignoring in an attempt to be Fastest Film Making Factory and to appease his own creative desires. There have been several film makers who always made path breaking movies like Satyajit Ray, Mrinal Sen, Aparna Sen, Shyam Benegal, Govind Nihalini, Gulzar, Hrishikesh Mukerjee, Basu Chatterjee and in the present generation Rakeysh Mehra, John Mathew Matthan, Homi Adajania, Farhan Akhtar amongst many others but not any one of them shouted from the roof top that they know the cinema better than anyone else in the world or they made any outburst upon their failures, its the audience who accepted their vision and craft and made them what they are today. My personal view about the movie ‘No Smoking’ is, it may be a state of art or a masterpiece on its own according to its Director, I found it extremely complicated sans any single moment of entertainment, it can be put at a cinema work shop or any institute of Cinematic Art where it could be researched upon the director’s distinct approach at a particular scene, what exactly he wants to convey through the state of mind of the main protogonist John Abraham. And Director Anurag Kashyap should write a book revealing the mysteries of his cinematic approach which presently are lying unfolded in his brain only. “End of the day the final verdict of movies success or faliure is passed by the people(read viewers)who do not even know how to make a movie.” “At the same time, it is not guaranteed that the people who have great knowledge and sense of film making and/or able to make judgemental comments about a movie can make a Successful movie.”

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