Anurag Kashyap slams Bollywood for 'wasting money on luxuries', make-up artist says 'There's a lot of jealousy because...'

Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap is angry with the Hindi film industry as the cost of filmmaking continues to increase. In an interview with Humans Of Cinema, he said, “A lot of money that is spent doesn’t go into making the film. It goes into the paraphernalia; it goes into the entourage.”

Kashyap added, “You’re shooting in the middle of a jungle, but one car will be sent to the city three hours away specifically to get you that five-star burger you want. You don’t get into the process of it.”

And now makeup artist Shaan Muttathil has hit back at the filmmaker and said, “What Anurag sir is saying is his world, his bubble. But there’s another world too. Will this Anurag sir, after so many hits, go and do a movie for what a newcomer director will do? No.”

Shaan added, “Of course, there’s a lot of jealousy, and I completely understand. Because we do get paid more than managers, than first ADs, and people in the camera department. Of course, he can lose his s**t when he hears ₹1.5 lakh for makeup and hair when his heroines don’t need makeup and hair, I understand. But not everybody gets paid ₹1 lakh or ₹2 lakh. There are only around 10 of us. First of all, I wouldn’t get a call from him. In his films, he will have to call me to get the dark circles and to make the hair look frizzy. That’s what his heroines look like.”

Kashyap also raised eyebrows with his latest post on Instagram. The Black Friday helmer said he “wasted a lot of time trying to help newcomers” and now doesn’t to waste his time meeting random people for free.

He captioned the post, “And I mean it. Don’t text or dm or call me. Pay and you will get time. I am not a charity and I am tired of people looking for shortcuts.”