Anurag Basu told ( about Mukesh Bhatt ) : “Take a film like Gangster. I wanted to shoot in Korea. I asked my producer [Mukesh Bhatt] if I could. He’d be like, ‘Here’s Rs 3 crore – finish the film within it. Now I don’t care if you go to Honolulu, or anywhere else.’ So, I knew my budget; production was in my hands. That’s what I was used to,”

dailytimesPK Monday, December 28, 2020 1:04:00 AM EAT

Anurag Basu told : “Of the 20-25 girls we auditioned for the part, her face just stuck in my head - there was something unique about her,”

HindustanTimes Sunday, December 27, 2020 7:25:00 AM EAT

Anurag Basu says : “I am an encyclopedia of Hindi film songs from the 1950s to 1970s,” “The songs of Albela are with me since childhood as we had an LP of the film at home. While writing the script, I said that this is the song I would like to use if we get the rights. It is so apt for the situation,”

Hindu Thursday, November 26, 2020 8:55:00 PM EAT

Anurag Basu says : “Creating an original song would have been easier and cheaper,”

Hindu Thursday, November 26, 2020 8:55:00 PM EAT

Anurag Basu said : “Working on Ludo with Bhushanji was a smooth collaboration on cinema which we both are passionate about,” “I am glad that we have more projects to work on and create fascinating stories”

newindianexpress Saturday, November 14, 2020 10:30:00 AM EAT

Anurag Basu explains : “I had two ideas: to make a fun film or to make one with four or five genres,”

Hindu Wednesday, November 11, 2020 5:13:00 PM EAT

Anurag Basu said ( about Ranbir Kapoor ) : “I had approached him to play Ranbir’s (Kapoor) accident-prone, adoptive father in Jagga Jasoos. He was busy with other films then, and since Jagga Jasoos’s dates were all over the place, we couldn’t collaborate on that project. But he told me, ` Chal, Metro sequel banate hain, (Lets make Metro sequel together)”

tribune Saturday, May 9, 2020 3:28:00 PM EAT

Anurag Basu said ( about Irrfan Khan ) : “Metro 2 mujhe Irrfan ke saath hi karni thi (I wanted to make Metro 2 only with Irrfan),”

tribune Saturday, May 9, 2020 3:28:00 PM EAT

Anurag Basu said ( about Irrfan Khan ) : “Metro 2 mujhe Irrfan ke saath hi karni thi (I wanted to make Metro 2 only with Irrfan),”

HindustanTimes Saturday, May 9, 2020 9:45:00 AM EAT

Anurag Basu told ( about Irrfan Khan ) : "I was supposed to start a film with him. We were talking about 'Metro' sequel. For the 'Metro' sequel were waiting for Irrfan. I didn't start that film. We had discussed the idea back then and he loved the character and he wanted to do that again. This was one month before he was diagnosed,"

news18 Thursday, April 30, 2020 5:30:00 AM EAT

Anurag Basu told : "The cinema and entertainment world will be defined as 'pre-corona and post-corona' era. Storytelling will change and there will be some people, who are getting used to watching stuff on OTT, so that may take the front seat now. I believe now corona will become the backdrop and subject for many films for years to come till the world sees the next big crisis,"

news18 Monday, April 13, 2020 12:05:00 PM EAT

Anurag Basu told : “The cinema and entertainment world will be defined as pre-corona and post-corona’ era. Storytelling will change and there will be some people, who are getting used to watching stuff on OTT, so that may take the front seat now. I believe now corona will become the backdrop and subject for many films for years to come till the world sees the next big crisis,”

dailytimesPK Monday, April 13, 2020 2:34:00 AM EAT

Anurag Basu told : "I believe now corona will become the backdrop and subject for many films for years to come till the world sees the next big crisis,"

newindianexpress Sunday, April 12, 2020 11:49:00 PM EAT

Anurag Basu said : "We can't remain mute spectators anymore! #SOSJNU"

news18 Monday, January 6, 2020 8:58:00 AM EAT

Anurag Basu said : "We can't remain mute spectators anymore! #SOSJNU"

business-standard Monday, January 6, 2020 12:04:00 AM EAT

Anurag Basu said : “When we make films, there are moments we wonder why are we doing this? Filmmakers are lost. Today, we got a reason a direction and all the creative people here are extremely upbeat after the session. I feel we will see results in a year’s time,”

HindustanTimes Sunday, October 20, 2019 8:02:00 AM EAT

Anurag Basu said : "I have an old connection with this puja. I remember how I earlier used to spend a week here when it used to happen in Santa Cruz,"

mid-day Sunday, October 6, 2019 3:14:00 PM EAT

Anurag Basu said : "The genre is different. 'Life...' had drama, love story and it revolved around multiple stories about relationships. This is not that. This film has bit of crime and black humour in it. The only common thing is all four stories are intersecting and affecting each other. I don't want to confuse the audience and call it as a sequel to 'Life..',"

dnaindia Friday, June 21, 2019 8:43:00 PM EAT

Anurag Basu said ( about Bhushan Kumar ) : “It is my pleasure to be working with Bhushan Kumar for my next that is a dark comic anthology. It’s our first collaboration but doesn’t seems like one. I am extremely happy to have found this talented new generation cast, though I will trust my old friend Pritam for music as always,”

HindustanTimes Sunday, February 10, 2019 2:43:00 PM EAT

Anurag Basu said ( about Bhushan Kumar ) : “It’s my pleasure to be working with Bhushan for my next that is a dark comic anthology. It’s our first collaboration but doesn’t seem like one. I am extremely happy to have found this talented new generation cast, though I will trust my friend Pritam for music as always,”

newindianexpress Wednesday, January 23, 2019 2:37:00 PM EAT

Anurag Basu said : “I am extremely happy to have found this talented new generation cast, though I will trust my old friend Pritam for music as always,”

Hindu Tuesday, January 22, 2019 10:18:00 AM EAT

Anurag Basu said ( about Bhushan Kumar ) : "It's my pleasure to be working with Bhushan Kumar for my next that is a dark comic anthology. It's our first collaboration but doesn't seem like one,"

business-standard Tuesday, January 22, 2019 10:01:00 AM EAT

Anurag Basu said ( about Bhushan Kumar ) : "It's my pleasure to be working with Bhushan Kumar for my next that is a dark comic anthology. It's our first collaboration but doesn't seem like one,"

siliconindia Tuesday, January 22, 2019 8:41:00 AM EAT

Anurag Basu says : “If they were criminals I would not have caught them but how could I let go of the traitors of the country?”

thehindu Wednesday, November 1, 2017 11:09:00 PM EAT

Anurag Basu told ( about Mukesh Bhatt ) : “Take a film like Gangster. I wanted to shoot in Korea. I asked my producer [Mukesh Bhatt] if I could. He’d be like, ‘Here’s Rs 3 crore – finish the film within it. Now I don’t care if you go to Honolulu, or anywhere else.’ So, I knew my budget; production was in my hands. That’s what I was used to,”

dailytimesPK Monday, December 28, 2020 1:04:00 AM EAT

Anurag Basu told : “Of the 20-25 girls we auditioned for the part, her face just stuck in my head - there was something unique about her,”

HindustanTimes Sunday, December 27, 2020 7:25:00 AM EAT

Anurag Basu says : “I am an encyclopedia of Hindi film songs from the 1950s to 1970s,” “The songs of Albela are with me since childhood as we had an LP of the film at home. While writing the script, I said that this is the song I would like to use if we get the rights. It is so apt for the situation,”

Hindu Thursday, November 26, 2020 8:55:00 PM EAT

Anurag Basu says : “Creating an original song would have been easier and cheaper,”

Hindu Thursday, November 26, 2020 8:55:00 PM EAT

Anurag Basu said : “Working on Ludo with Bhushanji was a smooth collaboration on cinema which we both are passionate about,” “I am glad that we have more projects to work on and create fascinating stories”

newindianexpress Saturday, November 14, 2020 10:30:00 AM EAT

Anurag Basu explains : “I had two ideas: to make a fun film or to make one with four or five genres,”

Hindu Wednesday, November 11, 2020 5:13:00 PM EAT

Anurag Basu said ( about Ranbir Kapoor ) : “I had approached him to play Ranbir’s (Kapoor) accident-prone, adoptive father in Jagga Jasoos. He was busy with other films then, and since Jagga Jasoos’s dates were all over the place, we couldn’t collaborate on that project. But he told me, ` Chal, Metro sequel banate hain, (Lets make Metro sequel together)”

tribune Saturday, May 9, 2020 3:28:00 PM EAT

Anurag Basu said ( about Irrfan Khan ) : “Metro 2 mujhe Irrfan ke saath hi karni thi (I wanted to make Metro 2 only with Irrfan),”

tribune Saturday, May 9, 2020 3:28:00 PM EAT

Anurag Basu said ( about Irrfan Khan ) : “Metro 2 mujhe Irrfan ke saath hi karni thi (I wanted to make Metro 2 only with Irrfan),”

HindustanTimes Saturday, May 9, 2020 9:45:00 AM EAT

Anurag Basu told ( about Irrfan Khan ) : "I was supposed to start a film with him. We were talking about 'Metro' sequel. For the 'Metro' sequel were waiting for Irrfan. I didn't start that film. We had discussed the idea back then and he loved the character and he wanted to do that again. This was one month before he was diagnosed,"

news18 Thursday, April 30, 2020 5:30:00 AM EAT

Anurag Basu told : "The cinema and entertainment world will be defined as 'pre-corona and post-corona' era. Storytelling will change and there will be some people, who are getting used to watching stuff on OTT, so that may take the front seat now. I believe now corona will become the backdrop and subject for many films for years to come till the world sees the next big crisis,"

news18 Monday, April 13, 2020 12:05:00 PM EAT

Anurag Basu told : “The cinema and entertainment world will be defined as pre-corona and post-corona’ era. Storytelling will change and there will be some people, who are getting used to watching stuff on OTT, so that may take the front seat now. I believe now corona will become the backdrop and subject for many films for years to come till the world sees the next big crisis,”

dailytimesPK Monday, April 13, 2020 2:34:00 AM EAT

Anurag Basu told : "I believe now corona will become the backdrop and subject for many films for years to come till the world sees the next big crisis,"

newindianexpress Sunday, April 12, 2020 11:49:00 PM EAT

Anurag Basu said : "We can't remain mute spectators anymore! #SOSJNU"

news18 Monday, January 6, 2020 8:58:00 AM EAT

Anurag Basu said : "We can't remain mute spectators anymore! #SOSJNU"

business-standard Monday, January 6, 2020 12:04:00 AM EAT

Anurag Basu said : “When we make films, there are moments we wonder why are we doing this? Filmmakers are lost. Today, we got a reason a direction and all the creative people here are extremely upbeat after the session. I feel we will see results in a year’s time,”

HindustanTimes Sunday, October 20, 2019 8:02:00 AM EAT

Anurag Basu said : "I have an old connection with this puja. I remember how I earlier used to spend a week here when it used to happen in Santa Cruz,"

mid-day Sunday, October 6, 2019 3:14:00 PM EAT

Anurag Basu said : "The genre is different. 'Life...' had drama, love story and it revolved around multiple stories about relationships. This is not that. This film has bit of crime and black humour in it. The only common thing is all four stories are intersecting and affecting each other. I don't want to confuse the audience and call it as a sequel to 'Life..',"

dnaindia Friday, June 21, 2019 8:43:00 PM EAT

Anurag Basu said ( about Bhushan Kumar ) : “It is my pleasure to be working with Bhushan Kumar for my next that is a dark comic anthology. It’s our first collaboration but doesn’t seems like one. I am extremely happy to have found this talented new generation cast, though I will trust my old friend Pritam for music as always,”

HindustanTimes Sunday, February 10, 2019 2:43:00 PM EAT

Anurag Basu said ( about Bhushan Kumar ) : “It’s my pleasure to be working with Bhushan for my next that is a dark comic anthology. It’s our first collaboration but doesn’t seem like one. I am extremely happy to have found this talented new generation cast, though I will trust my friend Pritam for music as always,”

newindianexpress Wednesday, January 23, 2019 2:37:00 PM EAT

Anurag Basu said : “I am extremely happy to have found this talented new generation cast, though I will trust my old friend Pritam for music as always,”

Hindu Tuesday, January 22, 2019 10:18:00 AM EAT

Anurag Basu said ( about Bhushan Kumar ) : "It's my pleasure to be working with Bhushan Kumar for my next that is a dark comic anthology. It's our first collaboration but doesn't seem like one,"

business-standard Tuesday, January 22, 2019 10:01:00 AM EAT

Anurag Basu said ( about Bhushan Kumar ) : "It's my pleasure to be working with Bhushan Kumar for my next that is a dark comic anthology. It's our first collaboration but doesn't seem like one,"

siliconindia Tuesday, January 22, 2019 8:41:00 AM EAT

Anurag Basu says : “If they were criminals I would not have caught them but how could I let go of the traitors of the country?”

thehindu Wednesday, November 1, 2017 11:09:00 PM EAT