When anger became creativity: This film of Anurag Kashyap was made in 8 years, 8 on IMDb

New Delhi :Anurag Kashyap is known for showing off-beat bold stories on screen. Due to this, they have to face problems many times. His films also have to face troubles in the Censor Board. Today we are telling you about a film of Anurag Kashyap which he made when he was at that stage of life when he was angry about everything. This film took 8 years to make. The film flopped at the box office, but this film has now become a cult film.

The story of Gulaal started in 2001
If you have not been able to recognize this film then we will tell you. The name of this film is Gulal which shows the big conspiracy and motive behind the film student politics. Anurag Kashyap had decided to make this film in the year 2001, but the film was released in the year 2009.
Why was Anurag Kashyap angry?
This film is a film that came out of Anurag Kashyap’s anger. A few years ago, Anurag Kashyap had written a post about his film Gulaal. He wrote in this post, “The year was 2001 and the Censor Board had refused to give certificate to my film Paanch. I was very angry and wanted to say a lot. On November 9, 2000, Uttaranchal became a state named Uttarakhand and six days later on November 15, Jharkhand became the 27th and 28th state of India. I was angry at everything, why new states were being formed, why I could not release my film. Maybe, why people are falling in love.”

Anurag Kashyap got the story of Gulal
At that time, Paanch’s actor Pankaj Saraswat introduced him to a part-time model. His name was Raja Chaudhary. I never took them seriously. He had written a story on college politics, which was a good story, nothing more. Anurag told the same to the king. Anurag told Raja that this story needs a background like where is this incident happening, what is the reason behind it? The king did not know how to answer this. Then Anurag asked him where he was from? The king said Jaipur. After this Anurag went to Jaipur with Raja.

Anurag Kashyap met members of the royal family
In Jaipur, Anurag Kashyap met many members of the royal family and heard their stories. All those families had their own opinions about history, but they also had some complaints against the government. These complaints were based on history. Then this issue became the background of Anurag’s film.
Then Anurag Kashyap did research for the film
After getting the background, Anurag started writing the story. Researched the story and was helped by Aparna Malhotra, who was Anurag’s assistant in Black Friday. Anurag read the history of Sharda Dwivedi to Romila Thapar and many other writers and understood what role the Rajputs played in the Republic of India. Anurag read the Patiala report and many new information came before him. After this Anurag wrote the story of the film again and again and thus Gulaal was born.
How did Piyush Mishra get the film?
Anurag Kashyap had written in the same post that this film was and is his most angry film. He had told that Gulaal was inspired by the songs of Guru Dutt’s film Pyaasa. As much as people like the story of Gulaal, the music of the film is also liked equally. When Anurag Kashyap was writing the film, Piyush Mishra came to meet him. He was writing the film in his office and Piyush was sitting there. At the same time, a music director came to meet Anurag and started playing songs like Nadeem-Shravan to Anurag. At that time, Piyush took the music director’s harmonium and started singing his own songs like Suno Re Kissa and Jab Shehar Sota Hai, which he had written for the play. Anurag liked it very much and offered the film to Piyush Mishra.
Gulal was still being prepared
Anurag Kashyap’s film was written and ready, but he did not have a producer. Anurag Kashyap’s film got shelved. After this Anurag Kashyap started working on Black Friday. Producer Jhamu Sugandh was the partner in Black Friday. Anurag went into depression when the court banned the release of Black Friday. At the same time, Jhamu read the script of Gulal and said that he wanted to make Gulal. Pre-production of the film began. The film was shot for 20 days but then Jhamu faced some problems regarding finance and the shooting of the film stopped. After this Anurag Kashyap made No Smoking, Returns of Hanuman and Dave D. After these films were released, Zee Motion Pictures picked up Gulaal and then this film was made and released.

What is the IMDB rating of Gulaal?
Talking about Gulaal, this film was released on 13 March 2009. The film flopped at the box office, but even today this film is one of people’s favorite films. If you want to watch this film then you can watch it on YouTube. The IMDb rating of the film is 8.

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