Anurag Kashyap had undergone a financial crunch and had to take up acting roles to get his daughter, Aaliyah Kashyap, married.
Anurag Kashyap's darling daughter, Aaliyah Kashyap, married her love, Shane Gregoire on December 11, 2024. The couple had a lavish wedding in the presence of their closest family members and friends. For Anurag, it was not easy to cover the cost of his daughter's wedding. Every father has a dream of getting his daughter married beautifully. To fulfil the dream of his daughter, Anurag revealed taking up acting jobs.
Anurag got his daughter, Aaliyah married to Shane. It looked like the filmmaker had to shell a fortune for the same. Recently, in an interview with the Hollywood Reporter, Anurag revealed that the wedding expenses were similar to the budgets of his smaller movies. He disclosed that he had to take up acting jobs to manage the wedding costs and acknowledged that indie filmmakers often face difficulties with finances. He said:
"This year (2024) was about making films and lots of acting. I had to get my daughter married. For an indie filmmaker to do that kind of a wedding. No!"
Anurag going ahead in the interview, also revealed that he would like to take a break from direction and focus on relaxing and rejuvenating. He noted that 2024 was filled with acting and filmmaking, and he completed the milestone of getting his daughter married. Kashyap revealed that he felt calm and would like to focus on himself. In Anurag's words:
"I’m just going to relax and rejuvenate, and watch films. This year was for making films and lots of acting. I had to get my daughter married. For an Indie filmmaker to do that kind of a wedding. Now my daughter’s married. I’m more calm and I will now feed my soul. I’ve been running on empty."
Earlier, in an interview with the Screen, the Gangs of Wasseypur director revealed that he is not content with the process of filmmaking. He feels that the joy has been removed and blamed talent agencies for creating wrong trends. In his opinion, aspiring actors are made stars and are not told to become better actors. He also accused the agencies of exploiting the stars for-profit and deserting them when they failed to deliver performances. Anurag added:
“Now it is difficult for me to go out and experiment as it comes at a cost, which makes my producers think about profit and margins. Right from the beginning, before the film starts, it becomes about how to sell it. So, the joy of filmmaking is sucked out. That’s why I want to move out of Mumbai next year. I am going to the South. I want to go where there is stimulation. Otherwise, I will die as an old man. I am so disappointed and disgusted by my own industry. I am disgusted by the mindset.”
Aaliyah and Shane had met on a dating app before they fell in love with one another. She had swiped his profile, and Shane could see that he had liked her profile. She took the credit for making the first move and they met after two months of talking. Aaliyah remembered:
"I was like, ‘Oh my God.’ I was waiting for him to kiss me but I was like, he is not doing it. I think he didn’t know if I was comfortable with it, so I just went in for it. It was so awkward because we were talking and mid-sentence I did it, because I was thinking about it so much and I was so nervous.”
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