Anurag Kashyap: My Parents Were Threatened When I Tweeted To The Prime Minister!
Film-maker Anurag Kashyap revealed that his parents were threatened when he tweeted to Prime Minister Narendra Modi regarding the ban on Pakistani actors in Bollywood.
Filmmaker
Anurag
Kashyap,
who
rarely
shies
away
from
voicing
his
opinions,
has
said
he
was
"scared" when
his
family
received
threats
for
his
tweets
criticising
the
ban
on
Pakistani
artistes
from
working
in
Bollywood
in
2016.
He
added
that
he
has
stopped
reading
responses
to
his
posts.
"We
are
dealing
with
a
country
which
is
so
over-populated,
where
there
is
so
much
resentment,
so
much
repression,
so
many
mouths
to
feed,
so
many
people
looking
for
work,
so
many
disillusioned
people.
Sometimes
I
think
when
they
are
frustrated
they
want
to
take
it
out.
And
they
feel
better
after
abusing.
So
now
when
I
put
out
a
tweet,
I
don't
read
the
response,"
he
said.
The
filmmaker
also
said
it
has
positively
affected
his
work:
"After
I
stopped
engaging,
I
made
Mukkabaaz,
finished
Sacred
Games,
Lust
Stories
and
I
am
shooting
Manmarziyan.
Suddenly,
the
frequency
of
my
work
has
increased
because
I
have
gone
off
social
media."
"During
the
Ae
Dil
Hai
Mushkil
controversy,
when
I
tweeted
to
the
prime
minister,
people
went
after
my
personal
life,
(they)
started
threatening
my
parents.
My
family
got
scared.
That
was
very,
very
scary.
The
trolling
went
on
for
six-eight
months,"
he
said.
Kashyap
had
come
out
in
support
of
his
film-maker
friend
Karan
Johar,
who
faced
protests
during
the
release
of
"Ae
Dil
Hai
Mushkil"
(2016),
which
featured
Pakistani
actor
Fawad
Khan
in
a
pivotal
but
small
role.
In
a
series
of
tweets,
Kashyap
had
asked
why
only
Indian
film-makers
should
be
targeted
for
casting
Pakistani
actors
when
Prime
Minister
Narendra
Modi
also
visited
Lahore.
The
film-maker
added
that
his
opinion
on
the
controversy
over
Sanjay
Leela
Bhansali's
film
Padmaavat
also
rubbed
some
people
the
wrong
way.
"Social
media
has
kind
of
levelled
the
field.
People
use
it
to
bring
others
down,
silence
others
and
threaten
them.
During
Padmaavat,
it
had
happened,
they
put
out
my
number
on
the
social
media
because
I
had
an
opinion,"
he
said.
The
45-year-old
director,
who
will
be
seen
in
the
finale
episode
of
MTV
Troll
Police,
airing
this
Saturday,
has
realised
that
the
aim
of
trolls
is
to
silence
those
whose
opinions
differs
so
he
has
stopped
engaging
with
them.
Kashyap
has
become
a
calmer
person
today,
and
says
he
has
mastered
the
art
of
channelising
his
anger
through
work.
"Whatever
I
want
to
say,
I
will
say
it
through
my
work.
I
am
enjoying
this
process
much
more
than
anything
else.
I
am
actually
in
my
best
phase.
I
am
only
working
and
I
am
happy.
My
anger
has
found
a
better
way
to
project
itself
through
my
work.
I
made
'Mukkabaaz' and
put
it
all
out
there,
in
a
way
that
is
more
effective.
It
says
what
it
wants
to
say.
I
don't
have
to
scream
and
shout.
"I
want
to
reflect,
evoke
and
provoke.
I
want
to
put
it
out
there
and
see
how
people
react
to
it,"
he
says.