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Anurag Kashyap is a happy man after his film Gangs of Wasseypur, a two-part revenge saga, played to a full house at the 65th Cannes Film Festival. But he almost didn’t directiit. According to reports, Hansal Mehta, who directed films like Dus Kahaniyaan and Sikandar Kher-Arbaaz Khan starrer Woodstock Villa, was the first choice of director and not Kashyap.
Read: Gangs of Wasseypur's Cannes premiere opens to packed houses
In a recent tweet, Hansal said, "Idea for Gangs of Wasseypur was given to me before Anurag.I am glad I could not make the film! @ankash1009 transformed an idea into cinema."
"I simply did not have the grand vision that @ankash1009 has finally given to Gangs of Wasseypur. I would have made an ordinary film," he tweeted further.
And, Anurag Kashyap's recent statement where he says that his ambitious project Gangs of Wasseypur almost did not get made as no one believed in the script initially, might be an indication that the script was offered to someone else first.
Read: No one believed in Gangs of Wasseypur script: Anurag Kashyap
Read: Gangs of Wasseypur's Cannes premiere opens to packed houses
In a recent tweet, Hansal said,
And, Anurag Kashyap's recent statement where he says that his ambitious project Gangs of Wasseypur almost did not get made as no one believed in the script initially, might be an indication that the script was offered to someone else first.
Read: No one believed in Gangs of Wasseypur script: Anurag Kashyap
