Overview
- Manoj Bajpayee said he and Anurag Kashyap were seriously discussing a new collaboration before Kashyap chose to stop when the script was not coming together.
- He added that he will not pressure Kashyap and believes the project could resume only if the filmmaker feels ready to write it.
- Kashyap has become presenter for Bajpayee’s Jugnuma (The Fable) after seeing it at the New York Film Festival, with a theatrical release set for Friday, September 12.
- Bajpayee described Kashyap as driven and volatile, saying the director has made enemies and once broke glasses and his own hand in anger, while he himself prefers to ignore online trolling.
- Kashyap’s Bandar premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival last weekend, whereas his earlier films Paanch and Kennedy remain unreleased, with Kennedy’s planned ZEE5 launch still awaiting a go-ahead.