India, Feb. 18 -- Director and screenwriter Anurag Kashyap has opened up about facing personal health issues after his adaptation of Suketu Mehta's 2004 book Maximum City was shelved by Netflix India. Anurag was instead pitched to turn a show into the Money Heist of India, which also took him by shock. (Also read: Anurag Kashyap says special effects work in Nishaanchi is 'better' than Sinners)

During an interaction with The Hollywood Reporter India, Anurag began, "I write handwritten scripts. For me to go on and nobody telling me it's not happening was even more triggering. And then, to compensate, they were sending me mediocre writing and shows. When I said it's mediocre and I need time, they said, 'No, but we have the actors' dates in ...