Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap, who rarely shies away from voicing his opinions, has said he was “scared” when his family received threats for his tweets criticising the ban on Pakistani artistes from working in Bollywood in 2016. Why haven’t you said sorry for Pak visit: Anurag Kashyap asks PM ModiThe filmmaker also said it has positively affected his work: “After I stopped engaging, I made Mukkabaaz, finished Sacred Games, Lust Stories and I am shooting Manmarziyan. The filmmaker added that his opinion on the controversy over Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s film Padmaavat also rubbed some people the wrong way. Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap feels that the agitation against Padmaavat is in many ways “similar” to what his film Udta Punjab (2016) faced before its release. Kashyap has become a calmer person today, and says he has mastered the art of channelising his anger through work.

Source: Hindustan Times April 12, 2018 10:18 UTC