Any film with the name Anurag Kashyap attached to it is automatically guaranteed to be a house fave here at Casa Totally Filmi -- we still await the release of That Girl in Yellow Boots (seeing it at TIFF was not enough), and today, we are very keen to watch the leaked trailer of Shaitan, produced by Kashyap, starring amongst others another house fave Kalki Koechlin, and written and directed by Bejoy Nambiar.
I feel kind of compelled to repeat that last point, as everyone seems to be declaring this "Anurag Kashyap's next film". Shaitan is Bejoy Nambiar's directorial debut -- his previous experience includes being a line producer for Mani Ratnam's Raavan and Raavanan, and assistant director on another Ratnam film, Guru.
That said: this leaked trailer bears a lot of classic Kashyap fingerprints on it: the cinematography (especially the use of colour), the style of the thing. In fact, I'd say I had a bit of a Paanch* and Black Sunday via No Smoking flashback while watching it:
One thing is certain, however: if this film opens over here, I am *so* going to watch it.
*In fact, I had a very strong Paanch flashback. This makes me intensely curious. And just adds to my desire to see the film.
**Also? I feel compelled to mention that the film is being edited by A. Sreekar Prasad, who also worked on Urumi. Just to let you know that I'm still longing to see the film. Sigh.
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