More than 60% of the films in my life, I have worked on zero fees: Anurag Kashyap

Bollywood director Anurag Kashyap has been upfront about the negative consequences of the commercial outlook of Bollywood towards filmmaking on many occasions. In a recent interaction with Bollywood Bubble, he talked about a film’s budget being directed towards things which are not of primary importance. “When you make a film, more money is spent on useless things than on production. Actors do not care about their fees because the market dictates them. I have stayed within the limits of the kind of films I have made, and sometimes I have even forfeited my fees. More than 60 per cent of the films in my life, I have worked on zero fees,” Anurag said. 

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He even highlighted that he did not take any fee for Gangs Of Wasseypur. Although Anurag was known for his prowess in filmmaking in the 2000s, Gangs of Wasseypur proved that his content could also reach out to a larger audience and not just cinephiles. “Biggest example is Gangs of Wasseypur. My fee was zero because I didn’t want to replace actors with big stars. I don’t work with big actors. But the most cost-conscious persons in our industry are the three big bad stars we have – Shah Rukh, Salman and Aamir. They do not charge fees for their films. They take their fee backend in their films. Hence, none of their films are costly,” Anurag added.