Highlights
- Anurag Kashyap, who chose director Tigmanshu Dhulia to play the main villain in his Gangs of Wasseypur, says he always knew that there was a great actor hiding behind the filmmaker.
- Also read: Anurag Kashyap wasn't the first choice to direct Gangs Of Wasseypur
- Kashyap did a cameo in Dhulia's Shagird and when he started working on Wasseypur, a revenge drama set in the world of coal mafia, he wanted his director friend to return the favour.
- But Dhulia is not doing a cameo. Kashyap says he has the longest role in the film, which has some 300 characters and is divided into two parts.
- "Tishu has always been a brilliant actor. The world did not know it but I knew it. All I had to do was to manipulate him for this film," Kashyap said.
- Not many know that Tigmanshu initially wanted to be an actor and trained for the same in National School of Drama (NSD) but the Paan Singh Tomar director decided that acting was not his cup of tea after a terrible performance in a play.
- Anurag says Dhulia has done great in Wasseypur and it is only the beginning of his acting career.
- "He does not want to do acting, he wants to make films. But I don't think he will be able to stay away from acting for too long because he is so good at it," Kashyap said.
- Also read: Gangs of Wasseypur male dominant, but with strong women, says Huma Qureshi
Anurag Kashyap, who chose directorTigmanshu Dhulia to play the main villain in his
Gangs ofWasseypur, says he always knew that there was a great actorhiding behind the filmmaker.
Also read: Anurag Kashyap wasn't the first choice to direct Gangs Of WasseypurKashyap did a cameo in Dhulia's
Shagird and when hestarted working on
Wasseypur, a revenge drama set in theworld of coal mafia, he wanted his director friend to returnthe favour.
But Dhulia is not doing a cameo. Kashyap says he has thelongest role in the film, which has some 300 characters and isdivided into two parts.
"Tishu has always been a brilliant actor. The world didnot know it but I knew it. All I had to do was to manipulatehim for this film," Kashyap said.
Not many know that Tigmanshu initially wanted to be anactor and trained for the same in National School of Drama(NSD) but the
Paan Singh Tomar director decided that actingwas not his cup of tea after a terrible performance in a play.
Anurag says Dhulia has done great in
Wasseypur and itis only the beginning of his acting career.
"He does not want to do acting, he wants to make films.But I don't think he will be able to stay away from acting fortoo long because he is so good at it," Kashyap said.
Also read: Gangs of Wasseypur male dominant, but with strong women, says Huma Qureshi