Anurag Kashyap never shies away from calling a spade a spade. His controversial statements have always landed him in trouble and he leaves no stones unturned in exposing the industry. This time he is news as he exposed the largest music label in India, T-Series for underpaying him for music of films like Gangs of Wasseypur and Dev D. He went on to accuse that they don’t have good taste in music.
Anurag Kashyap slams T series
During the interaction with The Juggernaut, Anurag was asked about the influence of music in his films like Dev D and Gangs of Wasseypur. To which he said, “The idea is not to cater to the market. If T-Series, Bhushan Kumar, is not buying it, then it is good music. T Series doesn`t buy good music at a good price. They paid very less for Dev D, Gangs of Wasseypur or Gulaal. They only pay for who is the star in it. They don`t pay for the quality of music. They paid nothing for Dev D music. Ask the producers, UTV studios… they don`t understand what`s good music. They will only pay for a certain kind of music and only push for that.”
He went on to add, “The highest amount of money they paid for any of my movies is Bombay Velvet. As music it was very good but it worked the least for them. Because nobody wanted to listen to jazz. They paid the highest price for that and not Dev D or Gangs of Wasseypur.” For the unversed, Bombay Velvet featured Ranbir Kapoor, Anushka Sharma and Karan Johar in key roles. Even though the film underperformed at the box office, Amit Trivedi`s music score received appreciation.
Anurag Kashyap upcoming movies
Kashyap recently announced his upcoming crime drama `Nishaanchi`, which marks the acting debut of Aaishvary Thackeray. The film is scheduled to release on September 19, 2025. Nishaanchi is produced by Ajay Rai and Ranjan Singh under Jar Pictures, in association with Flip Films, and will be distributed by Amazon MGM Studios. The filmmaker was recently seen raving about south cinema and is all set to feature alongside Adivi Sesh and Mrunal Thakur in gangster drama Dacoit which is slated to release by the end of this year.
