Director Anurag Kashyap recently shared his regret of not working with late actor Sushant Singh Rajput despite his request. Shortly after Sushant’s death, Anurag had revealed that he had refused to talk to him about a project because SSR had ghosted him in the past.
Speaking about his differences with the actors Abhay Deol and Sushant Singh Rajput, Anurag said in an interview with Shosha that it took him ‘one and a half years of illness’ to realize that he was reacting with anger. Only then did he step back and introspect about what was bothering him. Anurag admits that a lot has changed since then and he knows that he has no filter. He said that when he came to know about SSR’s death, he felt bad because just 3 weeks before the incident someone tried to contact him as SSR wanted to talk to him. Anurag was upset as Sushant had ghosted him. “You feel guilty,” he was quoted as saying. That’s when Anurag tries to apologize to Abhay.
Speaking about his differences with the actors Abhay Deol and Sushant Singh Rajput, Anurag said in an interview with Shosha that it took him ‘one and a half years of illness’ to realize that he was reacting with anger. Only then did he step back and introspect about what was bothering him. Anurag admits that a lot has changed since then and he knows that he has no filter. He said that when he came to know about SSR’s death, he felt bad because just 3 weeks before the incident someone tried to contact him as SSR wanted to talk to him. Anurag was upset as Sushant had ghosted him. “You feel guilty,” he was quoted as saying. That’s when Anurag tries to apologize to Abhay.
In an interview with NDTV in 2020, Anurag admitted that he was upset after Sushant backed out of his projects to do Shuddh Desi Romance with YRF. He revealed that casting director Mukesh Chhabra had approached Sushant in 2016 before the release of MS Dhoni: The Untold Story and said that Kashyap was looking for an actor who could play someone from outside Uttar Pradesh. Sushant never called her back. Anurag said that he was not upset and sparred with the other actor.
Anurag’s last film was the science fiction mystery thriller Dobara starring Taapsee Pannu and Pavail Gulati. Next he has Almost Love with DJ Mohabbat starring Alaya F and newcomer Karan Mehta.