Anurag Kashyap, director, producer, actor – On May 10, 2025 in Bangalore, the second day of the Hindu Hadle 2025, in a conversation with the film critic, Bardwaz Rangan. Photo Credit: Murali Kumar’s
Ace filmmaker Anurag Kashyap criticized the recent trend in Tamil cinema on Saturday (May 10), where the lyrics and compositions of the film songs have been anglicated, a criticism that many nebishes claim that it was aimed at the purpose of musicians like Anirudh Ravichandar. The filmmaker said this, criticizing the tendency of Hindu during a session in the Hardle.
Talking to the acclaimed film critic Bardwaz Rangan, Anurag said, “An incident recently has started trying to compete with Telugu Pan-India films, because suddenly Tamil songs are in English. I am liking, suddenly, all of them (sound) like some foreign rocking bands, I am not a Tamil song. ‘

It is estimated that Anurag was indirectly not telling Anirudh without any reason. Music composer, who has become a head for Big-Star vehicles, has composed many songs with either anglicized lyrics-like ‘ordinary person’ and ‘I am intimidated Leo Or in ‘Once Upon a Time’ Vikram – Or score in the same vein as western pop music.
Interestingly, in a recent interview with journalist Sudhir Srinivasan, Anirudh expressed his praise for the Western Rock Band and said that some songs, such as ‘Bloody Sweet’ like ‘Bloody Sweet’ LeoVintage on filmmakers and musicians arises from the effect of rock music.
Anurag’s criticism of Pan-Indian films
It should be noted that Anurag cited the trend as an example of filmmakers, pursuing a thread to make “that elusive rupee 1000-crores” pan-Indian film. “Pan-India”, in my opinion, is a huge scam, “he said.
The filmmaker was explaining how only 1% of the movies that try to become a pan-Indian success are working at the box office, and the irony is how 1% starts a new sub-trend of PAN-Indian films. The filmmaker quoted how Woman -A blockbuster on which ‘zero-transforcement’ was riding-started a cycle of horror-comedies in Hindi cinema. ,URI: Surgical Strike A success became a success, and everyone started doing nationalist films. Post BahubaliEveryone wanted to do these big films with Prabhas or someone else. Sect A success has become, and everyone wants to follow it. It is from here that the decline of storytelling begins, ”he said.
All such filmmakers have quoted modern film-goals in catering, such as a decline in the attention of the audience, “arguments they give themselves,” they insisted. “The attention of the audience is low, and therefore, there should be an item every two minutes … you cannot write such a film.”
Criticizing Bollywood for his formula approach to film production, Anurag praised Southern Indian films for his rooted story. “The advantage of regional languages is that they know that they are eating and understanding the language and its culture. A person from a rural village can also tell his story and be a filmmaker, and it is happening in many regional languages,” Anurag said.

Published – May 12, 2025 02:05 pm IST