Let’s Talk films with Anurag Kashyap and Shyam Benegal
Вставка
- Опубліковано 8 лют 2025
- On Mid-day’s 40th anniversary, journalist Mayank Shekhar caught up with legendary filmmakers #ShyamBenegal and #AnuragKashyap to discuss the past 40 years in films. Anurag Kashyap revealed details on his guerilla shooting tactics during #GangsOfWasseypur and #BlackFriday. The director also credited #ShahRukhKhan for bringing the theatre scene alive in Mumbai. From the changing trends in Bollywood cinema to social media trolls, the directors got candid during this chat with mid-day. The Let’s Talk series brings together influencers and game changers across time and fields to compare notes on the Bombay that was, and how it got to where we are today.
Subscribe to our channel for all the latest Bollywood & Entertainment updates!
Facebook: middayindia
Twitter: mid_day
Instagram: middayindia
Always a pleasure to listen to Mr.Benegal! Wish Anurag Kashyap didn’t keep interrupting him or jump in between Shyam Benegal talking.What a treat to listen to Benegal ji! Such an intelligent gentleman! He didn’t once interrupt Mr. Kashyap,what impeccable manners! 🙏🤗💕
And hats off to Anurag for devising ways to shoot without money,it was ingenious of him! Hats off to Anurag ji! 🙏👏
It pains me that most of the western world doesn’t know about the great work done by Mr. Benegal.
I would say even most Indians haven't watched his film. Many would know his name but haven't seen his work.
@@sourabhmanhar5637 Sadly it's true :(
OOOHH DATS WHAT PAINS U DAT UR WHITE WHITE MASTERS HAVEN'T NOTICED JUST HOW GOOD U ARE INSPITE OF BEING A BROWN SKIN IS IT !!?? .. OOOHH WHAT PAINS PEOPLE GO THROUGH IN THIS WORLD OOOOHH SUCH SADNESS NOW !!! :-I
Why the westerners? Even Indians don’t know his good work. Masala and over action is in our blood.
Many didn't even know that this legend worked with another lagend Satyajit Ray
It's such a shame that talented artists like Shayam sir were called "Middle of the road the director" back then, when in fact his films are the ones that are still being studied by cinephiles even still now.
Shame ki bat nhi h jo bikta hai usi ka naam h jb hum jaise log thda padh lkh jte h tb khi jake shyam babu ki films dkhte h.. Lkin reality yhi h jb chote te to karan johar hi pasand tha atleast maximum log ka to yhi haal h na. Aap ya to commercially successful ho skte ho ya critically... Dono nhi ho skte.. You can't have both luxuries
3:25 There was this Neem Tree which came into the office. 😊
Such an artistic expression which the host failed to acknowledge.
Har cheej artistic nahi hoti. Some things are just pure facts. 😂🙏😭
How should we acknowledge it? Waah waah neem tree bol diya. This is a conversation and this is how people talk.
So informative..we got know so many things especially how times changed in Indian cinema... television change..and just see how these two film makera politely answered all questions..no ego.. straight from hearth.. person like Shyam Benegal listening very calmly to Anurag.. really pleased to see.. thanks mid day!!! Wish these two collaborate sometime and give us some wonderful creation!!!
Shyam Benegal humility killing me❣️
What an interview yaar .....loved every second of it..... felt that I have just seen a legacy... beautiful
Very Rich Content for all struggling film makers. ✊✊✊
It's good to hear 90s stories and evoking in 19 from such guy. It's a great talk like stars are speaking in sky.
Sham Benegal.... what a man... really a doyen of Indian cinema. Wonderful to see and hear him...
Seeing these two giants of Indian cinema
Is really a pleasure 🥳🥳🥳🥳
Superb! This kind of unhurried interviews where the interviewer is only concerned about cinema and is not pushing his ideological bullshit disguised as questions is rare these days. Thank you Mayank Shekhar! You are a rare gem in your community of movie critics.
Shyam sir's movies should be re-released in theatres... and Anurag sir rightly said, my dad pushed me to watch the movies made by Shyam sir and Satyajeet Ray sir...
I got scared watching Trikaal's planchet scene for the first time... and that movie is still my most favourite one...
2 generation of revolution in indian cinema
I don't understand so much criticism for the interviewer. It was a discussion not an interview and both anurag and shyam ji were quite comfortable. I liked the whole conversation.
fabulous..lots of insights from jyoti studios to guerilla film making style of anuarg
Brilliant Content awesome Filmmakers Anurag Kashyap & Shayam Benegal 👌🏼💯🤘🏻🎥🎬🎞
More than movies,I loved listening them talking about the History of Bombay.
Two beautiful gems from d Indian film industry 😃
1 :-I
@@rexxbailey2764 And even that one is not RSS .
Anurag kashyap is so bang on about Bombay.nostalgia.misss the old bombay
Big fan of Mr. Benegal and liked good insights coming from both of them who likes cinema
the Legend himself...Shyam sir
Such talented artists like Mr. Benegal and AK ji
no doubt the best movie director of bollywood
Anurag's friendship with Karan has started to cool the fire in him which resulted in excellent movies... and nowadays Anurag is trying to satisfy the masses it seems with movies like Almost Pyaar and Manmarziyaan.. People like us who are Anurag's fans craves for those political, black comedy kind of films which made him what he is in the first place
its ur personal masturbation .
he has already made a lot in those genres .
u r also the part of a mass which wants to be satisfied .
Agreed
People, this is for Mid-day and the series is called Milestones 'Mumbai'. When speaking about Mumbai, one cannot ignore the influence real estate has on the city's activities. Sorry you're annoyed, but the only thing you should bother typing is 'thank you'. You're welcome.
I have watched this for 10 mins now...the interviewer is a real estate agent? And the title is "Let's talk films" ? What the hell!
😂😂😂
Yeah man all he is talking about is varsowa andheri wtf. Man really disappointed
😂😂😂
😂😂😂
This is so true!
Anurag is awesome but I don’t like how he’s interrupting Mr. Benegal and completing his answers with long stories..
This habit of his is very annoying. He does this in every group interview.
Exactly..
Simply superb!
I don't like professional interviewers in such lovely themes .
This should have been a 40 minute conversation between anurag and shayam benegal , imagine how beautiful that would be .
Or someone like imitaz ali or ranbir kapoor or someone passionate about movies to moderate them.
Damn we don't want these stereotypes cliche interview format anymore
Thumbs down for this.
Found this between Ray and Benegal, thoroughly enjoyed it - ua-cam.com/video/VtHXvnP9HJk/v-deo.html
Both are my favourites.
Ayega to modi hi
@Aman Kumar 2 cup to nahi , 2 baar aur sarkaar layenge , taki congression ka Naam mughlo jaisa jo jaye., i.e do not exist
22:00
For the love of cinema ❤
in first 10 mins it seemed like they are only going to talk about how mumbai was back then .
Yes ....exactly😑
Good interview!!
What a pairing & their connect?
Mammo, I loved the movie was in school that time and could relate myself with the boy
This is one of the interviews when get see before go to heaven
There are two types of 'rich' people. One who are genuinely rich and the others who write books about 'how to become rich,' lot of these books are bestsellers. These authors make a fortune out of telling people how to become rich and dabble into personal investment training, stock marketing consulting etc. space
I believe Anurag Kashyap is type two here. He constantly tells you how he revolted against the system, small town background, how he excelled, struggled and made great films. In reality, Kashyap has not won a single international award (Cannes, Oscar, Bafta, Berlin, Venice, Sundance, Golden Globe etc.). I am not seeking foreign validation but broadly it gives you an overview of how impactful, avant garde, revolutionary a filmmaker is. Yes, he was a judge in few but that's absolutely irrelevant. He is all style but no real substance. His movies just come and go without a dent. Honestly, I would have loved and adored someone like him to represent India in the international platform to make us proud. Someone who'd make one cracker of a film in two/three years. But, alas, he has taken the easier route...of impressionism. Basically, a low budget production enabler under the garb of intellectualism, experimentation and unorthodoxness. Albeit, a different Mahesh Bhatt of our age.
What about the praises he received internationally for Gangs Of Wasseypur especially by Martin Sorcesse.
Are you trying to be different just for the sake of it? Because the way you are thrashing him certainly sounds exaggeration! He challenged the star system by casting good actors and kinda led the underground guerilla cinema.. He might be losing his touch with his recent films but he certainly was experimental and path breaking with films like black Friday, no smoking, dev d, paaanch. In dev d, the places were hip, the visuals were trippy, there was some psychedelic elements in subtle ways! He might not be in his best form but he certainly will find a way to survive and thrive and hopefully keep astonishing us with his cinema too
@@sejwalvishu His cult status is over hyped. He himself is branding and marketing his own cult. He did not challenge the star system by choice, he himself says he did not have money so hired new faces. About Kashyap leading underground guerrilla cinema, i don't know, we can debate. Yes, Black Friday has few flames which could not become engulfing fire in his later movies. Directors slow down with age, shows mediocrity with ill health but Kashyap at a very young age leveraged his image which unfortunately reflects the lack of serious film talent in our country. Just like Tamil films, Hindi films (two most important) too are stuck in shocking and pleasing the gallery in the name of good cinema.
@@FaizMAzad AK was inspired by the Plot and name of Gans of NY which was MS', so AK very cleverly sought MS' favour by asking him to praise GoW.
16:30
Shyam benegal exactly looks like my college principal ditto
14:00
Cinema hall is ❤️❤️
As long as Anurag Kashyap keeps honesty in his films, he will be revered. Otherwise he will lose his credibility.
Two of them are the greatest director of #INDIANCINEMA ever produced.....
Popular🎥
10:30
Why is this interview only about Anuraag ??? Not one good question for such a big living legend.. anchor really flopped this interview.
Title should be "let's talk properties in Mumbai with shyam benegal sir and anurag kashyap"
Filmmakers like Anurag Kashyap and Sudhir Chaudhary have used parts of cities very much in their films as a main part sometimes. Their films are because there were those cities.
There wouldn't have been Dharavi if not for that slum areas of Dharavi in Mumbai, neither Masaan if it would have not been Benaras.
So interviewer is in that aura too, and he knows there is life there in cities, that's why he is asking some real question rather than about their own personal lives!
Why the fuck is sudhir choudhary mentioned here?
It's the media which demarcated movies as commercial or parallel cinema.
over time people associated with the demarcation.
but at the end of the day, there are awesome movies which are commercial & some crap movies in parallel cinema,
the audience will go watch a movie that's good, be it commercial or parallel. the advent of multiplexes created a renewed platform, which gave a breather to parallel cinema and also changed the nature of commercial cinema.
commercial cinema was made with ingredients that would fill single screen cinema theatres. so the commerical aspect dictated the form of the movies. most ending up as crap products for mass consumption.
these two stalwarts are examples of people who stayed true to their craft.
kudos to them.
latest bane of Bollywood is mediocrity in scripts and story. but then you come across gems such as andhadhun etc. which turn the tide.
content is improving.
but the 80s was aperiodic where commercial cinema was crap and at cinema was at its peak.
amazing talent such as om puri, Naseeruddin Shah, Dipti naval, Farooq Sheikh, Smita Patil, Shabana Azmi gave some superb performances.
so it's a really interesting evolution.
So true about versova n lokhandwala.it used to he so quite n serene.not its chandi chowk
Interviewer is looking to buy a plot in Bombay
This is for Mid-day and the series is called Milestones 'Mumbai'. When speaking about Mumbai, one cannot ignore the influence real estate has on the city's activities. Sorry you're annoyed, but the only thing you should bother typing is 'thank you'. You're welcome.
@@tarkovsky69 I've seen you at the cbe channel dude. That's you right!?
@@pranav_sh25 If by CBE you mean Cinema Beyond Entertainment, then yes ma'am..it is indeed yours truly.
Why no discussion about Benegal films wtf.
Would love to know what glasses is Anurag wearing. I have been looking for something like that for a long time.
Same here. I have been asking people around too. Please let me know if you find out about them.
why does he chuckle talking about ram Gopal varma?
i am wondering why anurag kashyap is speaking more and shyam benagal is silent listening. shouldn't it be otherwise around ?? Mr.Benagal should've spoken more and the other two people should've been listening to what Mr. Benagal says.
I think he is nervous in the presence of Benegal Saheb!
12:21
kisine shyam babu k ears notice kiye
Dream talk
Grt job .mid day
Anurag kashyap seems to have the confidence of a Satyajit Ray.He is no
Icon of alternative cinema.unlike Ray,Mrinal Sen or Shyam Benegal ,Anurag's movies never made it in the main competition section of any top film festival
That's an absolutely far stretched idiotic comment given that film festival comment and lack of insight on the claim but I do not currently possess the energy to point out the fallacies
Plz realise that two last episodes of Yatra
❤❤❤❤❤
I really want to abuse the interviewer. He doesn't have any sense of sitting and speaking. How Mr. Benegal agreed to give interview ?
He is known personality in TV n media and a writer too
Who the fuck are you pushkar 😂 "way of sitting". Stagant idiot, as long as respect is shown, it's fine. How does it matter ?
Pushkar. You're an idiot.
Anurag should interrupt less often
shouldn't the interviewer have known when sooraj ka satva ghoda came out?
such a pity this has so few views.
dont worry brother
That's Indian people!
Anurag said that hritk got a film from criterion? What's the film name
Ritwik Ghatak's Cloud Capped star I think is coming on Criterion. Contemporary of Satyajeet Ray he was.
Mr. Benegal appears uncomfortable in the seat. Being an elder person, his needs should have been taken care of by the team
interviewer informed in the beginning that interview is being done in Benegal's office. So, he might have chosen seat for himself.
Yes comrade. 😁😂
Martin Scorsesee is facing the same problem with superhero films
0:26
The interviewer asked stupid questions. Cinema lovers would love to hear more from these two legends.
❤
30:00
Host playing with his hair is so distracting 😑
Big fan of Anurag kashyap sir.. superb interview 🌹
What ??
@@bharatsingh4090 he couldn't crack SSC exam
I know...thanks for explaining 🙂
27:46 😂😊
Who is this interviewer? Why couldn't he sit straight? I wish people could learn to be more decent and respectful.
2045 Mai Kaun Kaun Dekh Rha Hai .. ??
to interview them HE has to be movie buff.. such a wastage of great people's time
What an wasted opportunity by Midday, instead of discussing about film making he was asking about history, why don't you just Google??
I agree
bb fans can go to 27:00
Let's talk FILMS??????
Two Indian powerful filmmakers of a generation gap.
Undeniable .
They both are average.
@@aapictures6236 Have you seen Shyam Benegal's Ankur, Nishant, Mandi, Trikaal, Mammo and the TV series Bharat Ek Khoj ? No you haven't. Coz if you had, you wouldn't have said this nonsense.
@@KING-ri2vs what is barometer of measuring a piece of art. Is it the content or the craft?
I have seen benegal films and I liked only the content part because of the social issue he raised through his films but his narratives and visual aesthetic is nowhere to satayajit ray whom I consider a great filmmaker because he excels in his craft while benegal wants to make an art film forcibly that showed in his films.
Just because a filmmaker raised a social issue through his films doesn't make one a master filmmaker.
What a waste of time! Two great directors and one under prepared editor ! But then what else to expect from midday :)
Anurag should allow Mr.Legend besides.And the Interviewer really not qualified even to understand his work.
Why are they talking about areas in Bombay? U thought they would talk about films. This studio shifted to this area..what the hell is this? It would be better if d host just asked the two directors their favourite films
Ramesh Kanwar Jung
Watch the entire interview.
They’re also talking about Benegal’s older films, his evolution, various eras of Hindi cinema, the politics, the finance aspect.
@@ArmanKhan-js8lc Yeah i watched it..first half of the interview is totally wasted on pointless banter about this studio was here n later shifted to some other area.. they could have jumped to the discussion of films directly without wasting time and pointless conversation which has no significance for majority of the viewers..
I think even while doing so they were talking about how the changing urban landscape of Mumbai also affected the film production. You can’t blame them for being suckers of nostalgia.
@ 10.33 shahrukh khan
Can you please stop calling hindi films as indian films?
Why?? Hindi films are indian films as well so are malyalam, tamil, Telugu but that doesn't make hindi films any less of indian films
R.I.P legend
Awesome. But he is not broadening the discussion. Best men to be interviewed but poor host
The host is not very good ..
25./. of of the interview is about BOMBAY , and his sitting style is 49.19° southeast...
I was thinking of these two giant's ideology of making movies but you couldn't fullfil my dream...
They are great and you should have to research on Mr. #BENEGAL on how to question to him ,or what topic will be the best to do so ..
I request to Mr. Bengal to teach us on how to make movies, what will be the central thinking of making films through your precious interview. So that new generation would learn from you....
Thank you Mr kashyap for your wild entry in INDIAN CINEMA ....
Pls remove the gay host !! Crushing on anurag
Geography class ,, eh. ??
Well personally I would choose mainstream movies over art cinema cause mainstream movies do show a lot of social evils they do teach us brotherhood and lot of good things with entertainment whereas art movies they just showcase social issues without entertainment
They do it in the most perfunctory, infuriating manner
I mean.. Shyam Benegal (Sir) is okay, but Anurag Kashyap talking to him??? Come on, if someone else, for example like say Raju Hirani talks to the stalwart can be understood.
this interviewer taked about everything else except films. what a waste.
Are yaar mereko pagal kahaye Ko karne ka ek phone call truth bolo sab shaant. Meri life ki kyo Laga di.🙏 Just a message on WhatsApp truth written as my birthday gift
Hindi movie maker or batein English main 🤔 hypocrite
‘Hypocrite’ ko hindi mein likhna thha. Mujhe english nahi aata.
Sandeep Kumar to idhr kya kr rhe ho bhai ye to angrezon ke liye hai tumhare liye nhi
Anurag kashyap is one of the most overrated Hindi film director of all time
Guess u wanted to say underrated. In case u r in doubt, watch Mukkabaaz n Manmarziyan, 2 of his latest best.💯👌
@@muhammadnabeelpokeerbux3826 he's crap filmmaker . He's "sasta" Quinton tarrantino .
SIR Lord Henry mortimer looking for attention?
@@mayurakshidey7787 why?
I think Anurag kashyap fanboys are too thick.
Watch films of Hitchcock , Bunuel, Fellini, lynch,Welles,scorcesse you won't rate kashyap too much after watching them.
@SANKU I have Kabir Singh and it's stupid and boring