A still from Game Of Thrones
Filmmaker Vikas Bahl says his colleague and close friend, Anurag Kashyap, is the 'only one' who can create an Indian version of popular foreign TV series
Game Of Thrones.
"I think Anurag Kashyap is the only person who can get
Game Of Thrones to India with all the porn, blood and gore in it," Mr Bahl said while addressing the session, 'Vikas Bahl - Choosing the Film and Positioning it Right', at the India International Film Festival.
Game Of Thrones, a hugely popular fantasy show , inspired by novelist George RR Martin's bestselling series, has become a phenomena across the globe due to its gripping plot. The HBO series won big at the Emmy Awards held this year.
Vikas Bahl also confessed that he restricted Anurag Kashyap's 'creative vision' in
Bombay Velvet.
"I failed as a producer in
Bombay Velvet. It would have been Anurag's wildest film if I had not told him to refrain from going that way. I will never do that again," he said.
Set in the Sixties,
Bombay Velvet was the screen adaptation of Gyan Prakash's novel
Mumbai Fables. The film, which starred Ranbir Kapoor and Anushka Sharma, also marked filmmaker Karan Johar's film debut as a villain.