Anurag Kashyap: I Am Asked 'Don't You Get Scared While Speaking Against The Government?'
A democracy gives you the right to ask a question, filmmaker Anurag Kashyap said after he was trolled for drawing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's attention to a social media .
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A
democracy
gives
you
the
right
to
ask
a
question,
filmmaker
Anurag
Kashyap
said
after
he
was
trolled
for
drawing
Prime
Minister
Narendra
Modi's
attention
to
a
social
media
post
threatening
his
daughter
with
rape
because
of
his
anti-establishment
views.
Kashyap
said
there
should
be
a
law
against
this
kind
of
trolling,
or
someone
in
power
should
condemn
such
incidents
"in
the
harshest
words"
to
send
across
a
strong
message.
The
filmmaker
has
filed
an
FIR
against
the
troll
who
posted
the
abusive
post
about
him
and
his
daughter.
"A
democracy
gives
you
the
right
to
ask
a
question.
If
I
am
intimidated
for
asking
a
question
and
later
subjected
to
multiple
attacks,
I
don't
find
such
an
atmosphere
right,"
Kashyap
told
reporters.
The
director
hit
the
headlines
last
week
when
he
drew
Modi's
attention
to
a
right
wing
troll,
who
had
abused
and
threatened
his
daughter
with
rape
for
his
views.
The
director
of
films
such
as
Dev
D
and
Gangs
of
Wasseypur,
who
is
known
to
be
vocal
about
his
opinions,
said
he
is
worried
about
'the
atmosphere
of
fear,
which
has
emerged'.
"I
am
asked
'Don't
you
get
scared
while
speaking
against
the
government?'...
I
shouldn't
be
scared
to
ask
a
question,"
he
said
during
the
promotion
of
a
new
film,
"Game
Over".
Kashyap
said
he
is
not
scared
about
threats
when
they
are
directed
at
him
but,
as
a
father,
he
needs
to
reassure
his
child.
"I
don't
mind
that
the
prime
minister
I
didn't
support
won.
This
is
a
public
mandate
and
I
accept
it.
I
have
always
fought
with
governments,"
he
said,
citing
the
example
of
the
bans
on
his
films
during
the
Congress
regime.
"I
don't
fight
the
party,
I
fight
the
government
because
you
live
in
a
country,
you
vote
and
you
can
have
a
contrary
opinion
and
that
can
co-exist...
I
just
don't
agree
with
the
PM
but
that
doesn't
mean
I
will
say
something
and
he
doesn't
get
elected
on
the
basis
of
what
I
say.
If
he
comes
somewhere,
I
will
stand
in
respect
the
way
others
would."
According
to
Kashyap,
trolling
has
not
stopped
despite
the
prime
minister,
in
the
past,
saying
such
things
should
not
happen.
"I
know
if
a
man
says
this
strongly
and
strictly
that
such
things
shouldn't
happen
and
this
will
be
punishable,
these
things
will
automatically
stop...