In
solidarity
with
stand-up
comic
Kunal
Kamra,
filmmaker
Anurag
Kashyap
says
he
has
decided
to
not
fly
IndiGo
airlines.
The
director
said
he
chose
another
carrier,
Vistara,
instead.
Kashyap
had
tweeted
on
Monday,
"No
@IndiGo6E..
on
@airvistara..in
solidarity
with
@kunalkamra88."
While
interacting
to
The
Telegraph,
Anurag
said,
"I
was
booked
on
IndiGo
by
the
organisers
to
come
to
Dum
Dum.
After
Kamra
was
banned,
I
told
the
organisers
I
will
not
fly
IndiGo.
I
told
them
I
will
not
fly
this
airline
because
I
thought
the
ban
was
very
unreasonable."
"My
thing
is:
there
is
nothing
I
can
do
about
it.
It
does
not
make
much
of
a
difference.
But
as
I
wanted
to
register
my
dissent,
I
thought
that
I
would
not
fly
IndiGo.
I
want
to
fly
Vistara.
The
IndiGo
flight
was
on
Monday
afternoon
and
the
Vistara
flight
was
in
the
morning.
The
organisers
informed
me
that
to
fly
Vistara,
you
have
to
wake
up
at
4am.
I
said,
'I
will
wake
up
at
4am,
but
I
will
not
fly
IndiGo'."
For
the
unversed,
last
week,
IndiGo
suspended
Kamra
from
flying
with
the
private
airline
for
six
months,
after
he
allegedly
heckled
journalist
Arnab
Goswami
aboard
one
of
its
planes
from
Mumbai
to
Lucknow.
SpiceJet,
GoAir
and
Air
India
also
imposed
a
similar
ban
on
Kamra
without
specifying
any
period.
On
his
part,
Kamra
on
February
1
sent
a
legal
notice
to
the
airline
demanding
an
unconditional
apology,
revocation
of
the
ban
and
Rs
25
lakh
compensation.
The
video
of
the
incident
posted
by
Kamra
on
Twitter
went
viral
on
social
media
last
week.
The
stand-up
comedian
is
seen
asking
Goswami
if
he
is
a
'coward
or
a
journalist'.
Kamra
received
both
praise
and
criticism
from
people
belonging
to
different
walks
of
life,
including
IndiGo
pilot-in-command
Rohit
Mateti
who
conveyed
his
anguish
to
the
airline
management
for
not
consulting
him
before
announcing
the
ban
on
the
comedian.