Anurag Kashyap slams CBFC over cuts to Pratik Gandhi and Patralekhaa starrer Phule: ‘Ch*ya kaun hai koi to samjhave’ | Hindi Film Information

Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap has come out strongly towards the censorship confronted by Phule, the upcoming biographical drama directed by Ananth Mahadevan and starring Pratik Gandhi and Patralekhaa. The movie, which revolves round social reformers Jyotiba and Savitribai Phule, is scheduled for launch on April 25 however has been requested by the Central Board of Movie Certification (CBFC) to endure a number of edits earlier than hitting theatres.
The CBFC has reportedly requested the makers to take away particular caste references, together with phrases reminiscent of ‘Mahar’, ‘Mang’, ‘Peshvai’, and ‘Manu’s system of caste’, prompting criticism from filmmakers and social commentators.
Anurag Kashyap questions censorship course of
Anurag Kashyap, who has by no means shied away from calling out censorship, shared his ideas on Instagram Tales. Recalling his private connection to the topic, he wrote, “Meri zindagi ka pehla natak Jyotiba aur Savitribai Phule pe tha. Bhai agar casteism nahin hota is desh mein toh unko kya zaroorat thi ladne ki. Ab ye Brahmin log ko sharam aa rahi hai ya wo sharam mein mare ja rahe hain ya phir ek alag Brahmin Bharat mein jee rahe hain jo hum dekh nahin paa rahe hain, ch*ya kaun hai koi to samjhave.” (The primary play I ever did in my life was on Jyotiba and Savitribai Phule. If casteism didn’t exist on this nation, why would they’ve wanted to struggle towards it? Now these Brahmin teams both really feel ashamed, are dying of disgrace, or maybe they’re dwelling in some alternate Brahmin-only India that we’re unable to see. Somebody please clarify—who’s the actual idiot right here?)
In one other publish, he criticized the censorship course of itself and questioned how sure teams had been in a position to entry unreleased movies. “My query is, when the movie goes for censoring, there are 4 members within the board. How the f* the teams and the wings get entry to movies till and until they’re given entry to it? The entire f*ing system is rigged.”
Anurag Kashyap calls out authorities
Kashyap went additional to spotlight how Phule is only one of a number of movies allegedly being suppressed on account of their daring themes. He listed examples reminiscent of Punjab 95, Tees, Dhadak 2, and Phule, all of which, in keeping with him, mirror uncomfortable truths. “I do not know what number of different movies are blocked that exposes the agenda of this casteist, regionalist, racist authorities… so ashamed to see their very own face within the mirror. So ashamed that they can not even overtly discuss what it’s concerning the movie that bothers them. F*in’ cowards.”

Previous to this, filmmaker Anubhav Sinha additionally used social media to query the movie censorship. The ‘Thappad’ director wrote on his IG, “Is there no caste system in society? Has it by no means existed? Why ought to we deceive ourselves? After which, why ought to solely cinema be the one to lie? In spite of everything, the form of content material the Election Fee permits in speeches and what the CBFC permits in movies—these can’t be two separate requirements. Each are technique of speaking with society.”