Leh: Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap loves to put society’s underbelly under a scanner and his films like “Black Friday”, “Dev D” and “Gangs Of Wasseypur” are a case in point. Now he has come up with another dark drama “Ugly”, saying he delves into such themes because he believes in showing “real” things.
“I think there’s a certain honesty and truth in dark themes. Rest everything else is a camouflage – like they decorate a cake with icing.
“I believe in real, and that’s what I show,” Kashyap told IANS during a tete-à-tete here.
That’s precisely what he does in “Ugly”, which had its Asia premiere at the recently concluded third edition of the Ladakh International Film Festival (LIFF) in this Jammu and Kashmir region and was well-received.
He put together “Ugly” after coming across multiple true-life stories during his research.
Kashyap requested the media not to reveal anything about the film, but one can’t resist from saying that the edge-of-the-seat thriller keeps you engrossed from the word go.
“Ugly”, which was initially screened at the Cannes International Film Festival earlier this year, is set for a Sep 19 release.
Apart from enjoying accolades for “Ugly” here, the 41-year-old loved soaking in the sun and being in the breathtaking landscape of Leh.
Meanwhile, the moviemaker’s “Yudh”, his ambitious TV project, which is 71-year-old Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan’s first fiction show for the small screen, is ready to go on air.
He says that there are many factors about the show that excite him. (IANS)
