22 years later, Black Friday wins over Anurag Kashyap's daughter: No bigger reward
Anurag Kashyap's 2004 release 'Black Friday' is one of those cult classic titles that has become a fan favourite over the years. The film, which won the Grand Jury Prize at the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles and was a nominee for the Golden Leopard award at the Locarno International Film Festival, features Kay Kay Menon, Pavan Malhotra, and others.advertisementIn an exclusive chat with India Today, Anurag Kashyap, who is one of the executive producers on the Prime Video title 'Stolen', spoke about his daughter Aaliyah's love for 'Black Friday'.Sharing an anecdote about what he finds most rewarding as a filmmaker, Kashyap said: 'What is rewarding is, my daughter watched 'Kennedy' when she was 20, and she said, 'I absolutely love this film.' Now she's married, she will be 25 soon, and one day she watched 'Black Friday' and discussed it with me. She asked me when I made this film, and I said, 'Some 22 years ago.' So for me, what is a bigger reward than this that my daughter is impressed by a film her father made 22 years ago?'
'Stolen' also has Nikhil Advani as one of the executive producers, along with Kashyap, Vikramaditya MMotwane, and Kiran Rao.In a lighter moment, when asked which of these directors' film sets he would have loved to be on, Kashyap said, "I would have loved to be on the sets of 'Kal Ho Na Ho'. Because I knew a different Nikkhil Advani, and I was sure Nikkhil cannot pull off 'Kal Ho Na Ho'. He is somebody from a different school doing a film because he is just getting a chance and he won't be able to pull it off and he made what a fantastic film. So for me, it's like I would want to see the first Nikhil Advani film to notice how he was doing things.''Stolen' is currently streaming on Amazon Prime. You May Also Like
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