Anurag’s Saif option

For the last few weeks, Anurag Kashyap has been frequently changing mobile phone numbers and cutting down on his public appearances.

However, all that is set to change for the director. Saif Ali Khan has asked him to write a script for his production house. It came as a pleasant surprise for Kashyap, who is known for taking on producers, censors and courts mostly through his films and his blogs.

A source close to Kashyap reveals, “Post-No Smoking, Anurag has become a recluse. However, he met Saif a few weeks ago, and both are trying to explore possibilities of coming together for a film. Anurag and Saif have common friends, and that’s how they met. Saif wants him to come up with a few ideas and eventually, they will zero in on one script.”

The story goes that Khan is impressed by Kashyap’s unconventional story-telling, which is rare in Bollywood. He walked out of the theatre pretty impressed with Kashyap’s mix of dream, reality and fantasy in No Smoking.

Later, Khan called for a meeting with his business partner Dinesh Vijan and discussed his idea of roping in Kashyap. The duo later met and Kashyap has agreed to work on a few scripts before meeting them again.

A source close to Kashyap informs, “Saif was completely impressed by Anurag’s unusual style. Like Kashyap, even Saif has a passion for dark cinema. They want their film together to hit the floors by 2009.”

Presently, Kashyap is working on his version of Devdas, Dev D, which hits the floors early next year. The filmmaker is also working on a script, which revolves around the holy city of Varanasi.

Source: mumbaimirror.com