India, Sept. 23 -- It's no secret that filmmaker Anurag Kashyap has moved away from Bollywood recently and has ventured into other film industries in the South as an actor. In an interview with Chalchitra Talks, he recalled bumping into Malayalam actor-filmmaker Basil Joseph, who wanted to make Shaktimaan, at an award show. He says Basil told him he 'wasted' two years in Bollywood over the superhero film. Here's what he said. (Also Read: Anurag Kashyap says Bollywood isn't united; feels happy at others' misfortune: 'Khush hote hai uski film flop ho gayi')

In 2021, when Basil directed the Tovino Thomas-starrer Minnal Murali in Malayalam, he was touted to be the next big thing. There was a buzz about him venturing into Hindi with the on-sc...