Anurag Kashyap has praised contemporary director Rohit Shetty as well as the team of David Dhawan and Govinda. Anurag, who has directed several critically acclaimed films in his career, said that David Dhawan and Govinda were a remarkable team and credited the director with establishing a kind of mainstream cinema in India. Read also: Vivek Agnihotri slams Anurag Kashyap for judging Kashmir Files without watching him
David Dhawan and Govinda gave many hits together in the 1990s and 2000s including Shola Aur Shabnam, Raja Babu, Coolie No. 1, Saajan Chale Sasural, Hero No. 1 (1997), Bade Miyan Chote Miyan (1998), Kyo Kii… Main Jhuth Nahin Bolta (2001) and Partner.
In an interview with Galatta Plus, Anurag said, “I really like watching mainstream. good mainstream. Our mainstream today has become very bad, qualitatively. The only person you see himself and honesty (in his films) is Rohit Shetty, that’s why you enjoy him. The rest are just trying to copy what works, trying to be something else. Rohit took time to come to his senses. He realized he’s good at acting, so he started controlling it and it shows.”
Anurag added that he credits David Dwan with the establishment of this kind of cinema. “I will disagree with his sensibility, I will disagree with his politics, I will disagree with other things. But it is as mainstream as Hindi cinema can get. Last was David Dhawan, who was a species in his own right. I call David Dhawan an auteur, because he really created this (genre of cinema). He and Govinda were a remarkable team. But nothing else… Nobody really understands the world they live in,” he added.
Anurag’s latest film Dobaaraa hit the theaters in June. The Taapsee Pannu starrer was a huge flop at the box office, earning only ₹7 crore in its lifetime.
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