Director Anurag Kashyap revealed he was ready to replace actress Amruta Subhash in one of his projects after her agent placed ridiculous demands. The filmmaker was talking about the increasing cost of actors’ pay and their entourage when he revealed that Amruta’s agent demand all sorts of things which result in her almost losing her part in his film.
“I was doing a film with an actor that I have worked with three times before and I know how simple she is. (I am talking about) Amruta Subhash. Suddenly we were doing something and there was a list of demands that came from the manager. I said, ‘Have you lost it? What is this?’ The list of demands included a single door van, this, that… I called up the manager and said, ‘I am replacing her’,” Anurag told Bollywood Bubble.
“Amruta asked me what happened, what did she do. She didn’t know her what her own agent has asked. Then she yelled at her agent. Many times this has happened. I directly drop the actors if they demand,” he added. Anurag worked with her in Raman Raghav 2.0, Choked and Sacred Games.
In the same interview, the Bad Cop star blamed the OTT wave, producers and actors’ agents for the rising costs in Bollywood. “The blame on the rising cost also goes to agencies. These agencies who represent make-up artist, hair department and entourage, and they charge them as well. People need to call out agencies too. And I don’t take any bullshit from these agencies. The industry’s health is bad because of these people. It is time we fix this,” he said.
Anurag, known to make budget friendly films, also said that he takes no pay if he is making a film he is passionate about. Meanwhile the filmmaker will be seen playing the villain in Bad Cop. The Disney+ Hotstar series, set to release this weekend, also stars Gulshan Devaiah, Harleen Sethi and Saurabh Sachdeva.