{"id":940078,"date":"2026-10-20T13:12:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T13:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/940078\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T13:12:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T13:12:10","slug":"anurag-kashyap-backs-little-thomas-says-patriotic-and-devotional-films-have-a-stranglehold-on-bollywood-hindi-movie-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/940078\/","title":{"rendered":"Anurag Kashyap backs \u2018Little Thomas\u2019, says patriotic and devotional films have a stranglehold on Bollywood | Hindi Movie News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Anurag In Bollywood, 2026 is shaping up as a year ruled by patriotic and devotional stories. After the box-office success of ‘Dhurandhar’ and ‘Hanuman Ansh’, studios have rushed to announce more films in these genres. Anurag Kashyap<\/a> argues that the two now hold a stranglehold over the industry, making it hard for any other kind of cinema to get noticed. The filmmaker has now explained why backing diverse films has become such a struggle.<\/p>\n

Anurag Kashyap backs \u2018Little Thomas\u2019 as an \u201cenabler\u201d<\/p>\n

Anurag is lending his support to ‘Little Thomas’, an independently made children\u2019s film directed by Kaushal Oza<\/a> and starring Gulshan Devaiah<\/a> and Rasika Dugal. Speaking to Hindustan Times about his role as executive producer, he said, \u201cI see myself more as an enabler. It is just about faith and upping somebody\u2019s morale. I see myself as someone who keeps morale high and helps them complete and release a film. I don\u2019t think anybody knows what to make today. Film banana hi difficult hai (It is difficult to make films). Whether it\u2019s a children\u2019s film or an adult film, making your own film is difficult today.\u201dThe filmmaker feels the flood of patriotic and devotional film announcements shows Hindi cinema is chasing a trend. He recalled a recent conversation with a producer, saying, \u201cI was talking to a producer the other day, and they said, \u2018We don\u2019t know what to do\u2019. You can make either a patriotic or a devotional film. Otherwise, nothing else is getting greenlit. That is a fact and a tragedy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anurag Kashyap sees room for slice-of-life films<\/p>\n

Of the year\u2019s four biggest Bollywood hits, three belong to this category: ‘Dhurandhar 2’, ‘Hanuman Ansh’ and ‘Border 2’. Many more such titles have been announced since. Anurag, however, believes this very climate leaves room for slice-of-life films like Little Thomas. \u201cHopefully, this film will sneak in, because this is not like any other film out there,\u201d he says.He also argues that a film isn\u2019t automatically a children\u2019s film just because it features kids in the lead. \u201cFor instance, what will you call this recent Telugu film called Don\u2019t Trouble The Trouble, which stars Fahadh Faasil and is backed by SS Rajamouli. It has Fahadh, so would you call it a children\u2019s film?\u201d he argues. He then points to the opposite case. \u201cWhen we go to festivals, we see so many coming-of-age films. The biggest, most talked-about series in the last two years was Adolescence. But they are for adults,\u201d says Anurag.<\/p>\n

Anurag Kashyap produces \u2018Little Thomas\u2019, releasing October 23<\/p>\n

‘Little Thomas’ is written and directed by Kaushal Oza. The ensemble cast is headed by Gulshan Devaiah and Rasika Dugal, with child actor Hridansh Parekh playing the title role. Anurag Kashyap produces the film along with Anushka Shah, Charu Oza, Rajnikant Oza, Akshay Thakker, Kabir Ahuja and Ranjan Singh. It is set to hit theatres on October 23.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In Bollywood, 2026 is shaping up as a year ruled by patriotic and devotional stories. After the box-office…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":940079,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[50232,4073,49,48,75,109076,322167,322166,337,322168],"class_list":["post-940078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-anurag-kashyap","tag-bollywood","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-gulshan-devaiah","tag-kaushal-oza","tag-little-thomas","tag-movies","tag-rajnikant-oza"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/940078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=940078"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/940078\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/940079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=940078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=940078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=940078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}