My cinema is not too far from my father's
THE WEEK India|February 05, 2023
A lot was riding on Kuttey. It was the first Bollywood film of the new year after a terrible 2022; it had some of the finest actors in the industry—from Tabu to Naseeruddin Shah, Konkona Sen Sharma and Kumud Mishra; the dashing Arjun Kapoor carried the film on his shoulders; and the film was the directorial debut of Aasmaan Bhardwaj, son of veteran director Vishal Bhardwaj and singer Rekha Bhardwaj.
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My cinema is not too far from my father's

However, it bombed at the box office. But Aasmaan, who studied screenwriting at New York University, says it was never meant to be a commercial blockbuster. Excerpts from an interview:

Q/What is your own assessment of Kuttey?

A/I’m too close to it right now to analyse it at all. Maybe two to three years down the line, when I watch it again, I would be more objective and critical. Right now I am very happy with the film I made because it is what I wanted to make right from the beginning and it has come out exactly like—in fact, better than—my visualisation.

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