Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap recently expressed frustration at the 'hypocrisy' of Netflix India in greenlighting content for the Indian market, stating that they have zero possibility of making a show like Adolescence in India. Now, Ektaa Kapoor seems to have taken a subtle dig at Anurag, mentioning how Indian content does not match the standards of Internationally acclaimed TV series and films, wondering if it was'ego, anger or just misplaced accusations.'
While in another post, Ektaa mentioned how critically acclaimed movies such as Superboys of Malegoan and Buckingham Murders fail to mint money at the box office, suggesting that audiences are to blame for the lack of quality content in the country.
"When Superboys of Malegoan n my dear frn @hansalmehta the Buckingham Murders don't work in theatres can we blame the real culprits the 'audiences' n since it's no fun blaming ppl in such abstract terms (can't bring them down on social media nA so no fun) let's just say that major part of India is in it's evolutionary stage as far as content is concerned! U can say it's in it's adolescence," Ektaa added.
She urged Indian creators to put their own money, writing, "Creators, I urge you to fight the system, these money, hungry, corporate studios and apps only think of money (me included) and Numbers!!!!!!! Movie making, content creation is not a business. It's an art and I want to support art, so I urge creators to put their own money ...problem solved!!!!"
Here's what Anurag Kashyap said:
While Anurag praised Adolescence, he took a dig at Netflix's CEO Ted Sarandos. "Netflix.in is a totally opposite shitshow . If they were pitched this, most probably they would have rejected it or turned it into a 90 minute film (that too seems like an impossibility because it doesn’t have an ending that is black and white), he wrote.
