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Director Anurag Kashyap said that even though he has isolated himself from people to a large extent, focusing on himself and his near and dear ones, he still hasn’t lost the urge to ‘corrupt young minds’ with his ideas. In a new interview, he revealed that he will soon begin teaching in Kerala, and narrated a story about how he guided his driver’s son towards the creative field, away from engineering.
Appearing on the Flip the Script with Shubra podcast, Anurag said that after experiencing health scares during the pandemic, he decided to prioritise himself over others. To this end, he broke down every room in his house, so that people can’t stay over and that he has enough space to focus on work.
But he retains his love to guide young voices. Asked if there’s one thing that he’d want youngsters to imbibe from him, he said, “Just do what you love, and be consumed by it. Because when you’re consumed by it, it’s not a struggle.” Narrating a story, Anurag said, “My driver came to me and said, ‘Mere bete ka kuch karo (Help my son out)’. My driver’s son is highly educated. He went to BITS. I called him over, asked, ‘Kya karna hai (What do you want to do)’? His interest was creative, so I started giving him graphic novels. I told my driver to leave his son to me. Now he’s so into graphic novels. He’s so into it, and he’s going in a different direction. I love doing that. I have access to these things that I want to share with people and say, ‘Chal aaja, tereko corrupt karta hoon’.”
Anurag said that the reason he has been able to last longer in the film industry than many of his contemporaries is that he isn’t chasing an ‘outcome’, but is focused on the work itself. He said that he doesn’t want to break the box office record of Shah Rukh Khan’s Jawan, nor is he bothered when people point out how much director Rohit Shetty is making. “If I start thinking I want to break Jawan’s record, I’ll be done in a day,” he said.
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