Anurag Kashyap Faces FIR Over Alleged Anti-Brahmin Remark Amid Phule Controversy | Individuals Information

Jaipur: An FIR was registered towards movie director Anurag Kashyap at Bajaj Nagar police station right here for his remarks on Brahmins on a social media platform, an officer stated on Sunday.

The case was registered primarily based on a criticism lodged by Anil Chaturvedi, a Barkat Nagar resident, on Saturday night time.

In line with Bajaj Nagar Sub-Inspector Ram Kripal, the complainant alleged that the director posted abusive phrases about Brahmins whereas replying to a social media consumer.

Kashyap’s movie ‘Phule’, primarily based on the lifetime of social reformer couple Jyotiba Phule and Savitribai Phule and was set to be launched this month, had courted controversy over its portrayal of caste.

Kashyap had questioned the row surrounding the movie and whereas replying to a social media consumer, the director made the contentious comment towards the Brahmin group.

After being broadly trolled for the remark, Kashyap apologised on Saturday.

In an Instagram publish, he wrote, “That is my apology, not for my publish however for that one line taken out of context and the brewing hatred. No motion or speech is price your daughter, household, associates and colleagues getting rape and loss of life threats from the kingpins of sanskar.”

“I will not take again what I stated. Abuse me all you need. My household did not say something. If you’d like an apology, right here it’s,” he added.

In one other publish on Instagram Tales, Kashyap shared a screenshot of the controversial remark. “Everybody has learn the response… and so they’re all outraged as properly. At the least take a look at the context earlier than you write,” the director wrote within the caption.