Vasan Bala opens up about working with Anurag Kashyap, recalls fight with the filmmaker on ‘Gangs of Wasseypur’ sets |

In a recent interview, famous director Vasan Bala, known for his works in ‘Bombay Velvet’, ‘Psycho Raman’, and ‘Peddlers’, recently opened up about his journey in the industry, how it has been working with renowned names in the industry and many other things. During one of the segments, he even delved a little into how his experience has been working with Anurag Kashyap, and how the two ended up in a ‘fight’ while working on the sets of the hit film, ‘Gangs of Wasseypur’.Read on to know more.

Vasan Bala recalls working alongside Anurag Kashyap

While talking about ‘Gangs of Wasseypur’, Bala talked about how he and Kshyap used to interact on the sets of the film. In an episode of the ‘Cyrus Says’ podcast, the director revealed that the two even ended up in a “showdown” regarding Manoj Bajpayee and Richa Chadha’s characters on screen.While talking about the situation, he did not describe it as a ‘tiff’, however, he only labelled that some disagreement about the film led to a situation. “There was no tiff. So, I was taking stills, and I wasn’t feeling useful on the sets of Gangs of Wasseypur. And then, I started critiquing the film. And critiquing the story to him”, he added. He added that while giving his opinions, one point at a time, he came to where it became too much. He stated that while Kashyap takes criticism kindly, this situation was different. He talked about the comment that sent everything downward, when he said on the sets, “’Can’t there be just a tender moment?”He then also added, “And he was like, ‘This is the film, this is the character.’ And, you know, it just spiralled into something else. It started stupid and then it became serious. We had a showdown in front of everyone. I escalated it because I was just feeling so useless, and not contributing”.

Vasan Bala praises Anurag Kashyap’s skills

While talking about the fight, Bala only had high praise for the filmmaker. He shared that the filmmaker is extremely open to criticism and he welcomes it on set, no matter what. Other than that, he also talked about how on Kashyap’s sets, if there is anything happening, he will not leave the place in anger and manages everything in a cool and collected manner.