Despite being one of the most celebrated filmmakers in contemporary Indian cinema, box office success has not been something Anurag Kashyap has often experienced. In fact, some of his movies have bombed so badly that he is frequently ridiculed by haters as unbankable. In a recent interview, he opened up about the underperformance of some of his films, maintaining that he had as much faith in them as in his other projects. He also mentioned that there may be instances when a director fails to make a film exactly as envisioned. Asserting that he made Dobaaraa because he had never worked with the theme of cutting between timelines, Anurag said that Almost Pyaar with DJ Mohabbat, meanwhile, was quite different from his other films. “One story was from Kashmir, and the other from Mumbai. It wasn’t inspired by anything. However, I couldn’t tell the story properly. Secondly, after we shot a bit, I left India for some reason. I had problems. Then we couldn’t shoot because of Covid, and afterwards, the producer left the project. …