This is not the first time that Anurag has clapped back at actors’ whimsical demands which result in rising budgets and entourage costs. In an earlier interview, he had spoken about a star having a special hamburger driven in for them from a city hours away from the shooting location. The Indian Express has reported extensively on rising entourage costs in the film industry.

Talking about how a film’s budget is spent on “paraphernalia,” Anurag Kashyap told Humans of Cinema recently, “They are not spending the money on the film. People need to come back to this whole reality check. One thing people need to understand is that when we make a film, we’re working, we’re creating something. It’s not a holiday, it’s not a picnic. A lot of money that is spent doesn’t go into making the film. It goes into the paraphernalia; it goes into the entourage. You’re shooting in the middle of a jungle, but one car will be sent to the city three hours away specifically to get you that five-star burger you want. You don’t get into the process of it.”