'Male Actors Are Insecure, Women Are Easier To Work With': Anurag Kashyap On Making Women-Led Films

Anurag Kashyap, who previously directed films with male protagonists, is now steadily moving his focus to scripts with female protagonists, such as 'Lust Stories,' 'Manmarziyaan,' 'Ghost Stories,' and 'Choked.'

Most of his recent films have been appreciated for having strong female leads.

Does Anurag Kashyap prefer directing women over men?

In an interview with the Indian Express, the filmmaker says that he gets along better with women than with men and that male actors bring the baggage of insecurities.

"Women are easier to work with and simpler to deal with. Male insecurity is so much more. Working with a Taapsee Pannu, Saiyami Kher, or Amruta Subhash is easier. I get a lot of trust from them! I can¡¯t work if I don¡¯t get trust. When male actors are new, they give you all the trust, but slowly the insecurity hits them. I have seen a lot of people change with success and failure. Taapsee has stayed the same,"

Anurag worked for the first time with Taapsee Pannu in the 2018 romantic drama "Manmarziyaan".

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People were surprised how Kashyap, who made films like Gangs Of Wasseypur and DevD went on to make a dysfunctional love story like 'Manmarziyaan'.

Anurag is reuniting with Manmarziyaan actor Taapsee Pannu for 'Dobaaraa,' a science-fiction mystery drama.

The filmmaker recalled meeting Pannu at an airport for the first time many years ago.

As soon as he started working with her, Anurag joked about how his equation changed with Taapsee; Anurag added,

"We had breakfast at the lounge, and I found her very well behaved. She was soft-spoken, and our meeting was extremely pleasant. The next time I met her for Mannmazrziya, she barged into the room and yelled, ¡®I have read the story, and I am not like this in real life. So the entire impression went down."

'Dobaaraa,' produced by Ekta Kapoor and written by Nihit Bhave, is the official remake of the 2018 Spanish film 'Mirage.' The film also marks Anurag's first theatrical release since the pandemic. During the pandemic, his movie 'Choked' on Netflix.

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