'No action worth your daughter': Anurag Kashyap issues apology after massive backlash over Brahmins remark
PTC News Desk: Acclaimed filmmaker and actor Anurag Kashyap on Friday issued a public apology for his provocative about the Brahmin community amid 'Phule' controversy. Kashyap's remarks drew massive backlash in which he said he would 'urinate on Brahmins'.
His apology read, "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. So, what has been said cannot be taken back — and I won’t take it back. But if you want to abuse someone, direct it at me. My family has neither said anything nor do they ever speak out (sic)."
"So, if it’s an apology you’re looking for, then this is my apology. Brahmins, please spare the women — even the scriptures teach this much decency, not just Manusmriti. Decide for yourselves what kind of Brahmins you truly are. As for me, I offer my apology (sic)," he further added.
Kashyap in his apology said that the critics can troll and abuse him all they want but they must spare his family.
'Phule,' starring Pratik Gandhi and Patralekhaa is based on the lives of veteran social reformers Jyotirao Phule and Savitribai Phule who fought against caste and gender inequality in 19th-century India.
- PTC NEWS
