Anurag Kashyap took to Instagram on Friday night to issue an apology over his recent remarks about the Brahmin community. He said that his daughter, family, friends and colleagues were getting death and rape threats from people and no action or speech is worth going through all this.
Earlier this week, Anurag had spoken strongly against the delay in release of the biopic, Phule, after the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) had asked for removal of caste references from the film. Anurag also got into an argument with one person online in the comments section of this post. The person said, “Brahmins tumhare baap hain. Jitna tumhari unse sulgegi utna tumhari sulgaayenge (Brahmins are your fathers. The more you mess with them, the more they will burn you). To this, Anurag replied, “Brahmin pe main mootoonga.. koi problem? (I will urinate on Brahmins... any problem?)”.
His apology comes for this comment, which he feels has been taken out of context. He wrote, “This is my apology, not for my post but for that one line taken out of context and the brewing hatred. No action or speech is worth your daughter, family, friends and colleagues getting rape and death threats from the kingpins of Sanskar.”
He added, “So kahi hui baat wapis nahin li ja sakti our na loonga lekin mujhe jo gaali dena hai do. Mere parivaar ne na kuchh kaha hai na kahta hai. Isliye agar mujhse maafi hi chaahlye to ye meri apology hai. Brahmin log, auraton ko baksh do, itna sanskar to shastron mein bhi hai, sirf manuwaad mein nahin hai. Aap kaun se Brahmin ho tay kar lo. Baaki meri taraf se maafi (What is said can't be taken back, and I won't take it back either, but you can abuse me. My family hasn't said anything. If you want apology from me, this is it. Brahmins spare the women, such values are there in scriptures too, not only in manuwaad. Decide which Brahmin you are. Rest an apology from my side).”
Anurag captioned the post, "Manuwaadiyon aur gair sanskaari brahmino ke liye. Maafi (Apology for the followers of Manu and Brahmins without values)."
After his comments against the community, an official complaint was filed by a Mumbai-based lawyer, Ashutosh Dubey. Taking to X, he wrote, “I have officially submitted a complaint to @MumbaiPolice seeking registration of an FIR against @anuragkashyap72 for his derogatory and casteist remark against the Brahmin community “Brahmin pe main mootoonga .. koi problem?” Such hate speech cannot be tolerated in a civil society. The law must take its course.”
It is yet to be known if Mumbai police has registered an FIR based on the complaint.