Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap apologises after getting severely backlashed on social media for his comment on the Brahmin community
Anurag Kashyap apologised after a comment he made on Brahmins was unwelcome.
Kashyap found himself at the centre of a controversy after people from the Brahmin community objected to the way they were portrayed in the film Phule. The situation went haywire when a response he posted on Instagram Stories drew widespread criticism. He has apologised now.
Taking to Instagram, he wrote, โMain gusse mein kisi ko ek jawab dene mein apni maryada bhool gaya. Aur poore Brahmin samaj ko bura bol daala. Wo samaj jiske tamaam log meri zindagi mein rahe hain, aaj bhi hain aur bahut contribute karte hain.
โAaj wo sab mujhse aahat hain. Mera parivaar mujhse aahat hai. Bahut saare buddhijeevi, jin ki main izzat karta hoon, mere us gusse mein, mere bolne ke tareeke se aahat hain. Maine khud hi aisi baat karke, apni hi baat ko mudde se bhatka diya.โ
โMain tahe dil se maafi maangta hoon, is samaj se jinko main ye nahi kehna chaah raha tha, lekin aavesh mein kisi ki ghatiya tipanni ka jawab dete hue likh diya.โ
He adds, โMain maafi maangta hoon apne un tamaam sahyogi doston se, apne parivaar se aur us samaj se, apne bolne ke tareeke ke liye, abhadra bhasha ke liye. Ab aage se aisa na ho, main us par kaam karoonga. Apne gusse par kaam karoonga. Aur mudde ki baat agar karni ho to sahi shabdon ka istemal karoonga. Asha hai aap mujhe maaf kar denge.โ
Anurag Kashyap had replied to a user who commented, โBrahmins tumhare baap hainโฆโ But his response stirred many people on social media and left them angry.
This questionable comment angered many social media users and drew severe backlash. This row had intensified so much so that a Brahmin leader had offered a cash reward of 1 lakh to any person who โblackensโ Kashyapโs face.
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