Mumbai: For Ugly, Anurag Kashyap selected a new work method. No actor was given a script. Instead they were all been given a brief outline for their characters. Ronit Roy plays a Bengali teetotaler while Tejaswini Kolhapure is his alcoholic onscreen wife. Initially, they were even unaware that they’re working with each other.
When we asked Ronit about the novel shooting method he said, “I don’t think any member of the cast was given a script. Anurag refused to say anything. I think he wants a certain kind of spontaneity in the characters and the script.”
While Ronit refrained from any further comment, we got to know that there are no positive characters in Ugly. Every character is “dark and unfinished”.
In the words of the film’s co-producer Madhu Mantena, “Ugly is Anurag’s darkest and most intense film to date.”
