Anurag Kashyap Reveals Netflix 'Ghosted' Him After He Submitted A 900-Page Script

Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap, who had earlier expressed his disappointed with Netflix over its content quality, has again slammed the streaming giant. In an interview with The Juggernaut, Anurag shared that Netflix ghosted him after he submitted a 900-page handwritten script for a series.

Anurag Kashyap lashes out at Netflix

During the conversation, Kashyap, while opening about his adaptation on Suketu Mehta's Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found, said he has done the adaptation, but it’s stuck. He said he has been with the book for 21 years and wants to bring it to life. He revealed the scripts are ready but the project is stalled. "This was the reason why I imploded when it didn’t happen. There’s a reason why I fell sick and everything happened to me. I had invested over one and a half year in Maximum City. I hand write my scripts. I handwrote 900 pages. So when you put so much effort in a project and for other it’s just a matter of… like you can’t evaluate that in money. Somebody just to save their jobs put it aside and ghosts you… it breaks you," he said.

'They are doing exactly what bad television was doing to India'

Anurag called it an "emotional investment" and also challenged them to write 10 pages by hand. According to him, till today, Netflix doesn’t understand why he is angry with them. "Somebody’s one and half years of work where you write with your hand was disregarded. It was supposed to be a Netflix project, and they ghosted me. They didn’t even dare to walk to me and tell that ‘we are having a problem. Can we solve it?’ or even ‘We are not doing it.’ They didn’t have the courage. I don’t know if they can bring it back. There’s a whole policy. I don’t understand it," he added.

The Gangs of Wasseypur director also said that he has cut himself off from the producers and everybody else because he doesn't know what the producer did on it. He started the debate because he claims they don’t understand India.

"They do the same kind of s***ty stuff. I wrote about Ted Sarandos, he does not understand India. What India office tells them, they believe that bulls**t. They are doing exactly what bad television was doing to India. And they are charging money for it. They don't understand why they are losing value in the country," Kashyap stated further.