Anurag Kashyap & Ram Gopal Varma Go Unfiltered on The Filmy Hustle
On Akshaye Rathi‘s The Filmy Hustle, Anurag Kashyap and Ram Gopal Varma — two of the most disruptive minds in Indian cinema — came together in a rare joint appearance and completely ripped apart filmmaking with brutally honest discussions. From criticising the same digital intermediate (DI) style seen post-KGF and Salaar to the obsession with the spectacle instead of story, they pulled no punches.
But the moment that seemed most jaw-dropping was when Kashyap spoke of a director intentionally making the VFX worse so that audiences could notice it.
“After KGF & Salaar, All DI Looks The Same”: Kashyap Rants On Visual Clones
Kashyap expressed frustration with the cookie-cutter style of filmmaking that emerged post-Sairat, KGF, and Salaar.
“After Sairat hit ₹100 crore, I thought we would see more original cinema. But, it became a formula. Now, everyone is chasing gore post-Animal (2023), without a rationale,” he said.
He added:
“Why does the DI of all big films now look the same? It’s not story-telling, it’s mimicry.”
Ram Gopal Varma: “More Money, Less Emotion”
Satya director RGV made a bid to underline Kashyap’s claims by remembering how authenticity was more important than budget in his classics:
“I never made Satya cheap — it was just authentic. If I added ₹5 crore, the film would have lost its authenticity.”
He also dismissed the post-Baahubali VFX obsession:
“More money does not mean quality. Artificial production values destroy the emotions of a film. Most films are doomed by this unfortunate reality.”
The Wild VFX Revelation
Kashyap then dropped an even bigger bomb:
“There was a filmmaker — will not mention who — who did great visual effects. In the end, he felt people will not realise it is VFX. So, he made them worse intentionally — taaki pata chalein ki visual effects hai.”
Yes, you read that right. In an age obsessed with having visual polish, someone wanted less realism so that audiences would notice the effects!
Box Office Worldwide Verdict
As KGF-inspired visuals and animal-like gore are proliferated as standard cinematic templates, voices like Kashyap and RGV serve as necessary reality checks. In their no-filter conversation, it was abundantly clear that cinema cannot be confined to formula nor filters.
Perhaps if audiences keep embracing authenticity, the industry may just honour creative originality again.
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