‘No idea what’s happening with Gangs Of Wasseypur 1.5’
If you are a Gangs Of Wasseypur fan, you are in for some disappointing news. Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap, who had made the 2012 classic starring Manoj Bajpayee, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Richa Chadha, and Huma Qureshi has “no idea” when the next instalment of the franchise will be made.
The filmmaker says he hasn’t heard from actordirector Zeishan Qadri, who was writing and directing the supposed sequel.
“I’ve no idea what’s happening with Gangs Of Wasseypur 1.5. I don’t know if the script is written. Zeishan had an idea for the film and I told him that he should show me a script for the next instalment. Since then, I haven’t even heard from him. So, I don’t know what’s happening with it,” he says.
Another project which Anurag Kashyap had previously announced was a film on the Indian comic superhero Doga. Announced in 2008, there’s been no development on the project apart from Kunal Kapoor being cast in the titular role. Kashyap says that he is no longer a part of the project.
“Doga, from my side, has been shelved. I think Raj Comics will now make a series or something like that with him. I won’t be a part of the project anymore,” he says.
The filmmaker, who has directed the upcoming film Mukkabaaz, feels that the owners of the comic books got greedy about the project.
“I won’t say it happened because of creative differences. It’s very simple what happened. They wanted Doga to be like a Marvel film. They got greedy and over ambitious even before the film was made,” he says.
“I was on the project since 2005 or 2006, before superhero films became a rage in the film industries across the globe. You need to create a market space for such a character, and make people aware about it. But no one wanted to do that. The owners went to a lot of people, and tried to get something that they wanted,” shares Kashyap.
I’ve no idea what’s happening with Gangs Of Wasseypur 1.5. Zeishan (Qadri) had an idea for the film and I told him that he should show me a script for the next instalment. Since then, I haven’t even heard from him. So, I don’t know what’s happening with it ANURAG KASHYAP FILMMAKER