Mumbai:
Basking in the glory of thesuccess of Gangs of Wasseypur, filmmaker Anurag Kashyap sayshe is happy the way the film has performed at the box officeand that he never aimed at the Rs 100 crore mark.
Directed, produced and co-written by Anurag Kashyap,Gangs of Wasseypur, a crime film, explores a revenge sagathrough the socio-political dynamics in a place calledWasseypur in North India about the coal and scrap trade mafia.
Read: Gangs of Wasseypur leads to outrage in original Wasseypur town
"Though people liked the film, in the first threedays we did not do so much collections. But even then, the firstthree days' collection has been the biggest collection of mylife. The kind of film this is and the kind of actors thereare, the collection was big for us," Kashyap told reportershere last night at the success party of Gangs of Wasseypur.
"It is a film where barring Manoj Bajpai people don'tknow anyone. Plus, the film had everything going against itlike the two parts, one part being an incomplete story, thenthe kind of language it had, adult certificate. You knowpeople see the negative points more," he said.
The two-part revenge saga stars Manoj Bajpai,Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Huma Qureshi, Richa Chadda, Reema Sen andTigmanshu Dhulia.
On if he aimed at Rs 100 crore mark at the box office,Kashyap says, "It (Rs 100 crore) is too much of anexpectation. But if it happens then it is good. Even if wedon't cross Rs 100 crore, it is fine. All I want is thatwhoever has worked on the film should make profit, everybodyshould earn money."
"Avengers did so much business in one show what 3Idiots made totally at the box office. If you compare my filmwith 3 Idiots, then I should compare that with Avengers.So this comparison is unfair. I think one must see the filmaccording to its budget," he said.
The filmmaker revealed that the two part film was madeat a budget of Rs 18.50 crore and it did a business of Rs27-28 crore.
Several B-town celebrities praised the movie includingmegastar Amitabh Bachchan, who took to twitter to appreciatethe film.
"I have got acceptance after a long time and I amhappy about it. I wanted to get accepted for the films I make.
A lot of directors who I think very highly off, have called me.
Bachchan Saab (Amitabh Bachchan) tweeted also and it made somuch of a difference. Also, Ekta Kapoor loved the film...shecalled me up," Kashyap said.
The second part of Gangs of Wasseypur will hitscreens on August 8.
Directed, produced and co-written by Anurag Kashyap,Gangs of Wasseypur, a crime film, explores a revenge sagathrough the socio-political dynamics in a place calledWasseypur in North India about the coal and scrap trade mafia.
Read: Gangs of Wasseypur leads to outrage in original Wasseypur town
"Though people liked the film, in the first threedays we did not do so much collections. But even then, the firstthree days' collection has been the biggest collection of mylife. The kind of film this is and the kind of actors thereare, the collection was big for us," Kashyap told reportershere last night at the success party of Gangs of Wasseypur.
"It is a film where barring Manoj Bajpai people don'tknow anyone. Plus, the film had everything going against itlike the two parts, one part being an incomplete story, thenthe kind of language it had, adult certificate. You knowpeople see the negative points more," he said.
The two-part revenge saga stars Manoj Bajpai,Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Huma Qureshi, Richa Chadda, Reema Sen andTigmanshu Dhulia.
On if he aimed at Rs 100 crore mark at the box office,Kashyap says, "It (Rs 100 crore) is too much of anexpectation. But if it happens then it is good. Even if wedon't cross Rs 100 crore, it is fine. All I want is thatwhoever has worked on the film should make profit, everybodyshould earn money."
"Avengers did so much business in one show what 3Idiots made totally at the box office. If you compare my filmwith 3 Idiots, then I should compare that with Avengers.So this comparison is unfair. I think one must see the filmaccording to its budget," he said.
The filmmaker revealed that the two part film was madeat a budget of Rs 18.50 crore and it did a business of Rs27-28 crore.
Several B-town celebrities praised the movie includingmegastar Amitabh Bachchan, who took to twitter to appreciatethe film.
"I have got acceptance after a long time and I amhappy about it. I wanted to get accepted for the films I make.
A lot of directors who I think very highly off, have called me.
Bachchan Saab (Amitabh Bachchan) tweeted also and it made somuch of a difference. Also, Ekta Kapoor loved the film...shecalled me up," Kashyap said.
The second part of Gangs of Wasseypur will hitscreens on August 8.
