Did You Know An Airline Lost Anurag Kashyap’s Gangs Of Wasseypur’s Only Script While Travelling To India From Madrid?

Anurag Kashyap is not only one of the most well-celebrated directors in Bollywood but the entire Indian film industry. His work has always been of a different approach. One of the unique ideas that highlighted his incredible talent and made him one of the best in the industry is the Gangs of Wasseypur movie series. These films have a cult fanbase. Something shocking happened before Anurag Kashyap could even start filming Gangs Of Wasseypur. The only script of the two-part series was lost.

Anurag Kashyap Lost Gangs Of Wasseypur’s Only Copy

A script is the most crucial part of a movie’s pre-production. From story to ideas to approach, everything is visible and represented on these pieces of paper. Shockingly, Gangs of Wasseypur’s script was lost even before Anurag Kashyap could hand it over to the producer. The renowned director attended the Marrakech Film Festival recently. While speaking at the festival, he revealed this startling story.

Walking down memory lane, he shared about writing the movie’s script. He was in Madrid when he wrote it. Recalling those days, Anurag stated that he travelled to Madrid with Kalki Koechlin, his ex-wife, and stayed at a beautiful hotel. Surrounded by colourful views, he just felt like writing the script of Gangs of Wasseypur. Though he put all his efforts into creating it, he ended up losing it.

More than typing on an electronic device, Anurag prefers writing it on paper. After he completed the script, it was time to fly back to India. The Gangs of Wasseypur’s only handwritten script was packed inside Anurag’s bag. He planned to reach home and present the script to the producer. Unfortunately, the airline lost his bag. With his bag, the copy was gone too.

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He Waited At The Airport For Days

Gangs Of Wasseypur’s script will always be a crucial inclusion to Kashyap’s career. However, he had to face some issues before he and his team began working on it. He stayed at the airport for a few days hoping to find the missing bag. He waited at the airport for five days to be able to find the handwritten copy, Anurag revealed.

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