Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap made headlines after voicing his support for controversial Animal director Sandeep Reddy Vanga. Anurag penned a long note for Vanga and called him, ‘the most misunderstood, judged and reviled filmmaker at the moment.’ Anurag’s post attracted criticism from his fans, and even old cohorts like Neeraj Ghaywan and Varun Grover.
Anurag, who said that he has watched Animal twice, shared a picture with Vanga on Instagram, and wrote, “To me he is the most honest, vulnerable and a lovely person. I wanted to meet the man and I had questions and he answered every thing I asked of him about his film that I actually saw twice. Thank you for being patient and being yourself. This is a person you can actually confront and talk to. Pls talk to him about the problems you have with the film.”
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Reacting to the same, Neeraj Ghaywan wrote, “Cringe.” Varun Grover simply left a comment which read, “No.” Actor Avinash Tiwary, who was recently seen on the show Kaala, wrote, “Judged, honest and lovely human being maybe but misunderstood and reviled am not sure. I think he is fairly successful in the kind of response he has been able to generate. Great for an Artist but Extremely Unfortunate for the naive audience. We need good Artists but we need better audience and that includes all of us.”
Anurag co-produced Ghaywan’s directorial debut film Masaan. Additionally, Ghaywan co-directed the second season of Netflix’s Sacred Games with Anurag. During the Made in Heaven controversy, Anurag came out in support of Ghaywan and defended him.
The controversy arose when Yashica Dutt, author of “Coming Out as Dalit: A Memoir,” demanded recognition for inspiring the character Pallavi Menke in a Made in Heaven Season 2 episode directed by Ghaywan.
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