Filmmakers rarely applaud each other’s work — but Anurag Kashyap and Dibakar Banerjee are all praises for each other. After watching Shanghai, Kashyap has declared it is the best film he has ever watched and Banerjee is the country’s best director.

“It’s a film that should be made compulsory for everybody to watch. This is the most powerful and the best film I have seen in a long time,” Kashyap said here Thursday at a special screening of Shanghai. Continue reading…