Anurag Kashyap shared this photo. (Image courtesy: anuragkashyap10)
Strong points
- “She’s right,” tweeted Anurag Kashyap, reacting to Richa’s blog
- He wrote: “I had to give up all my costs to create Gangs Of Wasseypur”
- “Anyway, this is how most studios work here,” he added.
New Delhi:
Director Anurag Kashyap and actress Richa Chadha talked about the structure of “residues or royalties” in Bollywood given to actors and filmmakers, citing the example of their classic cult Gangs Of Wasseypur. In his blog recently, Richa chadha says she was paid Rs 2.5 lakh for both parts of the film (“and it’s okay”, she said) but she received no royalties after the project acquired the status of worship. On Twitter, Anurag Kashyap added on Sunday: “She is right. Most of the actors and the team received similar amounts or less and I had to give up all my fees to make Gangs Of Wasseypur. The funny thing is that we still own 50% of DPI (intellectual property rights) on Gangs Of Wasseypur and we have never seen a penny of it or know its income. For the studio, it’s always a flop. “
Gangs Of Wasseypur was jointly produced by Viacom and (now dissolved) Phantom Films – that Anurag Kashyap was co-owner with Vikramaditya Motwane, Vikas Bahl and Madhu Mantena. Speaking of royalty payments to Bollywood, the Manmarziyaan The director added: “Although the film is seen all over the world and plays on various OTT platforms, according to them, they did not earn any money on a film made under Rs 18 Crore. And then they asked me to do part 3. “In another tweet, he wrote,” Anyway, that’s how most studios work here. The only studio that has always sent us activity reports movies is / was UTV. ” Read Anurag Kashyap’s tweets here.
Gangs Of Wasseypur the series starred Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Huma Qureshi, Manoj Bajpayee, Rajkummar Rao, Reema Sen, Pankaj Tripathi among many others.
Richa Chadha, in his blog Friday, has written about how veteran actors like Parveen Babi, AK Hangal and Bhagwan Dada have been left destitute in their “final years” due to the lack of a royalty system in Bollywood. She added: “I am aware that my desire to see all the departments credited receiving their due in terms of royalties is the most unrealistic dream. It just won’t happen, at least not in my lifetime. we can rebuild from the rubble. “
