“Anurag Kashyap is an exceptional filmmaker, I am lucky to have worked under him in Kennedy,” says Abhilash Thapliyal : Bollywood News

Anurag Kashyap’s upcoming film Kennedy has been in the news recently for its premiere at the recently concluded Cannes Film Festival. The film stars Sunny Leone and Rahul Bhat in lead roles. It also stars Abhilash Thapliyal in an important supporting role.

“Anurag Kashyap is an exceptional filmmaker, I am lucky to have worked under him in Kennedy,” says Abhilash Thapliyal

The young actor has described his experience of working with Kashyap in an emotional note. He said, “For me Anurag Kashyap is that rare breed of filmmakers who understands every aspect of the craft of film making. Be it editing, be it writing, be it direction or be it acting. And that is something that sets him apart from all the other filmmakers. And looking at his filmography from Dev D, Gangs of Wasseypur, Black Friday to Manmarziyaan, the kind of genres he has explored, the kind of films he has made. It's just phenomenal.”

Abhilash also shared his best film from Kashyap’s filmography. “My personal favourite would be Gangs of Wasseypur,” he said. “I call it the Godfather of the Indian film industry, so raw, so nuanced, so layered at times so funny. I think it is a filmmaking course in itself, and if you talk to the ADs who worked on the film and (who) are now big directors, and if you talk to them about their own experiences, they all have such incredible things to say. I have seen the making of the BTS of Gangs of Wasseypur multiple times. That’s how big a fan I’m of Gangs of Wasseypur. Anurag Kashyap is an exceptional filmmaker and I’m lucky to be working with him, to have worked under him and performed under his direction and to have a film directed by him under my filmography.”

Kennedy is a police noir film that is scheduled to release this year.

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