Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap has issued a public apology to the Brahmin community for his earlier statements that were deemed offensive. He acknowledged that he spoke impulsively out of anger and regretted his choice of words.
Taking to Instagram, he wrote a leng post in Hindi, “I forgot my limits while answering someone in anger. And bad-mouthing the entire Brahmin community, the same community of which all the people have been in my life, are still there and contribute a lot, they all have been hurt. My family is hurt. Many intellectuals, whom I respect, are hurt by my anger and the way I speak. By saying such a thing myself, I diverted my own thoughts from the issue.”
Kashyap then went on to say, “I sincerely apologise to the Brahmin community to whom I did not want to say this, but in a fit of rage wrote a nasty comment while replying to someone. I apologise to all my fellow colleagues, to my family and to the society for the way I spoke. I’ll work on it. I’ll work on my anger to ensure this doesn’t happen again. And if I have to talk about the issue, I will use the right words. I hope you do forgive me.”
The controversy erupted after Kashyap responded to criticism about his film Phule, a biopic on social reformers Jyotirao and Savitribai Phule. His comment, widely seen as casteist, sparked public outrage and calls for legal consequences.
In the aftermath, Kashyap’s daughter, Aaliyah Kashyap, as well as his family and colleagues, allegedly faced rape and death threats from online trolls. Additionally, the director faced legal repercussions, with an FIR filed against him in Jaipur for using derogatory language toward the community.
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