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Anurag Kashyap lauded the British Netflix drama Adolescence, saying that he and other Indian filmmakers are not permitted to be so bold, therefore he feels envious and resentful when he sees such content. The director, who is renowned for his audacious and fearless speech, also accused the platform's top executives of being hypocritical in their selection of material for Indian audiences.

Anurag Kashyap Reviews Adolescence

Anurag Kashyap stated he went numb after binge watching Adolesecnce. "I am numb and envious and jealous that someone can go and make that . The performances from the Child actor Owen Cooper and Stephen Graham, who is not just playing the father but is also the co creator of the show. The amount of hard work that has gone in the show. I can’t even imagine the rehearsals and prep they did , so they could shoot every episode in a single shot, " he said. 

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Anurag Kashyap Calls Out 'Dishonest' Netflix India

Anurag Kashyap expressed his disapproval and frustration at the 'hypocrisy' of Netflix top bosses while greenlighting content for the Indian market in the comment section. "Ted sarandos recently put a post where he says - 'Every once and awhile one comes along that pushes into brand new territories, defies the limits of creativity and features career defining performances.' And I hope he means it. Because his on Netflix.in is a totally opposite shitshow."

Anurag Kashyap continued, "If they were pitched this, most probably they would have rejected it or turned it into a 90 minute film (that too seems like an impossibility because it doesn’t have an ending that is black and white)."

 
 
 
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Anurag Kashyap On His Netflix Show Sacred Games

Anurag Kashyap also mentioned how he faced with Netflix's 'lack of empathy' when creating Sacred Games for the service. "Having gone through twice with them post Sacred Games and dealing with total lack of empathy , courage and dumbness mixed with immense insecurity of the series head and the team that keeps getting fired. It frustrates me . How do we ever create something so powerful and honest with a bunch of most dishonest and morally corrupt @netflix.in backed so strongly by the boss in LA."

Anurag Kashyap exposed Ted and Bella's hypocrisy in the context of the 1.4 billion-person Indian market, where their sole concern was growing subscribers. He went on to say that he finds shows like Adolesence frustrating and jealous. "There was a time when Eric Barmack would reach out on Facebook to creat something with Netflix to now where they send you a shot show like “saare jahan se achcha “ - which wasn’t even written properly and half baked . Which by the way has already changed directors and been shot twice (inevitably)," the maverick director continued. 

"I hope they learn from the reception of it and realise that all the best things indian netflix does is mostly either acquired (Delhi Crime, Black warrant) or the ones they least believed in (kohrra, trial by fire)," concluded Anurag Kashyap.

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