Filmmaker
Anurag
Kashyap,
who
is
embroiled
in
a
legal
battle
with
his
former
partner
and
director
Vikas
Bahl,
Thursday
said
the
#MeToo
movement
has
given
voice
to
years
of
anger.
Bahl
has
been
accused
of
sexual
harassment
by
an
employee
of
the
now-dissolved
Phantom
Films,
the
company
that
was
founded
by
Kashyap,
Bahl,Vikramaditya
Motwane
and
Madhu
Mantena.
Kashyap
and
director
Motwane
have
been
under
fire
for
the
alleged
inaction
in
the
sexual
harassment
allegations
against
Bahl.
Both
Kashyap
and
Motwane
have
denied
the
charge.
Kashyap,
in
an
interview
to
PTI,
said
there
is
a
need
to
understand
and
grow
up
to
the
movement,
which
has
taken
the
industry
by
storm.
Here
are
the
excerpts
of
the
interview:
Q.
What
would
you
like
to
say
in
general
about
the
movement?
A.
I
cannot
talk
much.
Because
at
this
moment
whatever
I
say
may
be
misconstrued
or
can
be
taken
in
any
which
way
and
can
be
used
here
(in
this
case).
All
these
years
of
my
silence
(was)
to
protect
one
person,
the
victim.
I
will
take
the
consequences
and
I
have
been
taking
the
consequences.
I
will
take
the
consequences
and
I
have
voluntarily
taken
consequences
and
stepped
back
from
the
work.
I
will
not
explain
my
actions.
My
priority
is
something
else.
Q.
What
is
your
priority?
Is
it
justice
for
the
victim?
A.
The
priority
is
victim's
peace.
Q.
Tanushree
Dutta
and
Vinta
Nanda
are
the
only
ones
who
have
taken
legal
action
but
not
many
women
have
followed
a
similar
route.
Your
comment?
A.
We
are
still
growing
up
to
it,
we
are
still
understanding
it.
Years
of
anger
will
come
out
and
then
people
will
come
to
know
what
is
the
right
way.
We
all
will
take
time
to
understand.
I
don't
want
to
say
anything
further
till
my
non-complicity
is
proven,
I
am
not
qualified
to
comment
on
it.
The
woman,
who
accused
Bahl
of
sexual
misconduct,
filed
an
affidavit
Thursday
stating
that
she
stands
by
her
allegations
but
does
not
want
to
pursue
the
case
further.
She
had
initially
expressed
her
reluctance
to
file
an
affidavit
and
had
only
submitted
a
statement.
Bahl
is
seeking
court
direction
to
Kashyap,
Motwane
and
Mantena
to
refrain
from
speaking
to
the
media
or
posting
on
social
media
about
the
case.
He
is
also
seeking
damages
of
Rs
10
crore
in
a
defamation
case
against
Kashyap
and
Motwane.
Kashyap
and
Motwane
had
earlier
filed
affidavits,
stating
that
Bahl
had
confessed
to
the
incident
and
had
also
said
that
he
has
done
so
to
many
women.