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Anurag Kashyap Says Netflix Shelved ‘Maximum City,’ Triggering Health Crisis and Rehab

He casts the unexplained pullback as post-Tandav caution he describes as “invisible censorship.”

Overview

  • Kashyap says Netflix greenlit his Hindi adaptation of Suketu Mehta’s Maximum City, then stayed silent for about 18 months before dropping it.
  • He says he handwrote more than 900 pages and likened losing the project to a miscarriage.
  • He recounts heart attacks, blood thinners, a vaccine reaction, steroid-treated asthma, heavy drinking, and rehab, with differing accounts on how many times this occurred.
  • He says Netflix offered no specific reason and later pushed projects he declined, including a request to rework a pilot into a Money Heist–style series, after which he left the platform.
  • He credits a cameo offer from Zoya Akhtar on Made in Heaven with helping him return to work, as he now promotes Kennedy, slated to stream on ZEE5 this Friday.