First, I want you to know..I am no ANurag Kashyap fan..I have seen his some work…I like some of it…but then I can like anything under the sun that appeals to me…there are two things I want to say..

You have a right to your opinion but then so has Anurag Kashyap..till this day I did not know John Abraham was Anurag’s friend…I now dont even remember who directed Kabul Express…but I can tell you I liked the movie and also the performances..If I ever want to make a movie..it has to be like Kabul Express, Rang de or Munna Bhai…I have said to several of my friends time and again..so if Anurag praises John…he is entitled to his opinion…(I have not yet read what he wrote)…as for him writing about Ram Gopal Verma…wow..I had liked RCV’s Company but journey to RGV ki Aag has been only downhill…if you and me can choose to blog our opinions and criticize all biggies in our own way…why does not Anuraag have that right…it is good of him to actually trying defend in your post, Saakhshi…that shows here is a human who cares about people’s perceptions….He may have personal relations with RGV..but it is solely his decision if he wants to keep it private or public…Frankly, cant yet say I am Anurag’s fan yet..but I am all for his views..we all have different views…

The very first word that came to mind on reading your comment was “WOW”. As you said it yourself, it’s a pity when successful/highly creative people look at their Art as nothing more than a marketing strategy – I guess this is what the glamour world does to one person.

Hopefully you, yourself would refrain from such commercial thoughts and gaming agendas.

However, even if the other person refuses to pay attention to your genuinely concerned advice…the best thing to do is to let them be. As mentioned in my previous comment, matters of personal relationships are meant to be locked within and not shared with the public and especially not our ever-hungry Main Stream Media.
As someone said in one of the above comments, when a man starts giving out too many negative view-points there comes a time when people stop listening and start thinking the opposite. Agreed, you are required to promote your 5 up-coming films, so go ahead and do so but do you really have to engage in yesterday’s misunderstandings, quarrels and complains? I certainly don’t think so.

The reason why I wrote this post was not because I have any personal issues with you, it’s actually the opposite. I wrote very highly of you on this very blog and God only knows the umpteen numbers of times I spoke about our chat with several others – but continues reading of sensationalized write-ups with you as its central character did in fact irk me off because they painted a different picture of you (a complete opposite of what I had thought of you initially).

I guess it’s difficult to refrain oneself from being sucked into the potent glamorous life that our Hindi Film Industry provides. Plus not many can follow the path taken by the likes of Mr. Gulzar…

With regards to the second half – you do in fact make a valid point however when a non-actor like Mr. John Abraham fails to impress the audience (and I am not talking ‘eye-candy’ point of view) despite being a part of couple of box-office success, one really wonders what more a director needs to do to make someone like him emote emotions the way they are meant to be.

Keeping Kabul Express aside even in the well-acclaimed film like Water, John was a sore-eye that stuck out right in your face. Especially in the scene where he watches his lover’s life-less body float in the holy water – I patiently waited for him to communicate the right expressions….some expression but all we got in return was an empty look.

Anyway, hopefully under your guidance something good would come out of Mr. Abraham’s acting skills.

Once again thank you so very much for removing time and making the effort.

Regards,
Sakshi

I suggest you spend some time on her blog and read post on various topics she has bothered to cover and not just Bollywood. She is someone who is straight forward with her opinions and never budges from speaking the truth, so I don’t think her thoughts on Anurag is anywhere close to slandering. Maybe you simply need to accept difference in opinions, other people too have “minds” you know.

And if still you don’t get the above, then as Melody suggested “make like a Machchar and fly away”.

It’s the most vibrant, alive and a great forum for film buffs, mostly populated by Indian surfers.

I can’t talk for PFC officially but according to me, it’s the only forum where you see user participation 100%.

At PFC, there are authors, who write reviews, opinions etc. I am sure you will not find a single post bad mouthing anyone. If you know anything about blogs, you should know that the “comments” section is free for all section and does not reflect the official policy of the website. So, in the comments section, keeping in mind the huge traffic the site generates (many sites are jealous of this face), you might come across lot of riff raff.

Whereas, what Sakshi has done is slander. It’s pretty obvious if you read the whole thing with a cool mind. She stresses on the part that Anurag should not have made comments on RGV because he worked or mentored with him. And for this article, she keeps the heading ” Anurag Kashyap, Bollywood’s Newest Motor Mouth?” – This article goes on to become the top search result on search engines, so anyone searching for “Anurag Kashyap” that day, would have been directed to this article and might actually be influenced by the nonsense Ms.Juneja wrote.

Well, don’t you think her whole argument was silly? All Anurag said in his public statements was it’s not the same RGV who made those old blockbusters.

Don’t you think, as a friend of RGV, as an ex-colleague of RGV, as an admired of RGV, he has the right to say just this? He in fact clearly explained to Sakshi what’s the reason behind his statements too, which are very valid.

I guess it’s just Sakshi’s ego which is stopping her from agreeing that she screwed up this time.

So, Gaurav, you can have an opinion, but you can’t Slander….I guess you got the point.

But totally took my suprise is Oz’s comment on PFC accusing Sakshi of being some wanna-be journalist and someone who has no clue on how Blogging system works. I just the man should seriously be bold enough to take critism from the front and not resort to stupidity. They themselves bad-mouth tons of Bollywood related people on PFC but when given the same treatment….they get ticked off. As if they are the only elite class who possess the rights on Bollywood opinion and others don’t matter at all.

Why have you removed the comments made by Anurag.

And I also agree to Mr.Machar that these articles create a bias against the attacked….On the face of it…this article just looked like that the author wanted some cheap publicity.

and regarding your second question..yes.. i would blame only the director..and for you to understand that you have to go through an entire shooting process of a film..be on a set start to finish.. for a bad performance onle the director can be blamed.. for a good one the credit also goes a lot to the actor.. director has the power to say ok.. when you cast a nonactor it’s your job to make him look like the character or be one.. when you cast a good actor then again how good he can be depends on your greed and his willingness to feed you