Influences on Anurag Kashyap’s Kennedy

Scorsese’s ‘Taxi Driver' entangled neck deep in the Mumbai Police - Politician - Mafia nexus at the end turns into Ramgopal Verma’s ‘Satya’ for redemption…that's Anurag Kashyap’s Kennedy for me ! 

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