Dabangg director and Anurag Kashyap’s brother Abhinav Kashyap in a recent interview called Salman Khan a ‘gunda’ (goon) who is not interested in acting. He also went on to say that the actor is a ‘badtameez, ganda insaan (An ill-mannered, bad person).’
Abhinav had directed Salman in Dabangg. He even accused the actor’s family of sabotaging his career after he refused to direct the film’s sequel. Abhinav also said that his brother Anurag stepped away from the 2003 film Tere Naam, also starring Salman, after a fallout with its producer Boney Kapoor.
In an interview with SCREEN, Abhinav said, “Salman is never involved. He is not even interested in acting, and he hasn’t been since the last 25 years. He does a favour by turning up to work. He is more into the power of being a celebrity, but he is not interested in acting. He is a gunda (goon). I was not aware of this before Dabangg. Salman badtameez hai, ganda insaan hai (Salman is ill-mannered, he is a bad person).”
He added that the entire Khan clan wants to rule the industry and often behaves vindictively. “He (Salman Khan) is the father of the star system in Bollywood. He is from a film family which has been in the industry since 50 years. He continues the process. They are vindictive people. They control the whole process. If you don’t agree with them, they come after you,” he said.
Abhinav also shared how his brother Anurag suffered the same fate during shoot of Tere Naam. “The same happened with him (Anurag Kashyap) in Tere Naam. How would he guide or advice me? He told me before Dabangg that you won’t be able to make a film with Salman. He just didn’t tell in great detail that why I won’t be able to make a movie with him. He just thought I’ll get easily bullied, he knows these vultures,” he shared.
Abhinav added, “Anurag left the film eventually. He wrote the script of Tere Naam. Boney Kapoor misbehaved with him, then he left it. They didn’t give him credit also. The exact same thing that happened with me. The basis of any good film is a good script.”
Anurag in a lot of interviews has also spoken about how he was removed from Tere Naam. In his version, he narrated the script to Salman who had liked it. Before leaving Anurag suggested the actor to grow his chest hair in accordance with the character being from the North. Later, Anurag was summoned by the film’s producer who allegedly threw a liquor glass at him for asking Salman to grow his chest hair. Anurag, however, has never named the producer.
Dabangg will turn 15 on September 10. Anurag’s next Nishaanchi is gearing up for release on September 19.
