Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap has discovered himself in some deep troubles as he was dragged in a #metoo controversy. The director was accused of sexual misconduct by an actor named Payal Ghosh. At the moment the director has been receiving numerous hate and criticism on social media.
Nonetheless, in his defence, Anurag’s ex-wife and Bollywood actress Kalki Koechlin took to her social media and hailed Anurag as a champion of girls, each on and off the display screen. Kalki, who was married to Anurag Kashyap from 2011 to 2015, expressed how she has been a witness of the private area Anurag offered to the ladies in his life. She wrote:
“Expensive Anurag, don’t let this social media circus get to you, you have got fought for the liberty of girls in your scripts, you’ve defended their integrity in your skilled area in addition to in your private life. I’ve been witness to it, within the private {and professional} area you have got all the time seen me as your equal, you have got stood up for my integrity even after our divorce, and you’ve got supported me once I felt unsafe in a piece atmosphere even earlier than we received collectively. This unusual time the place everybody will get to abuse each other and make false claims with none repercussions is a harmful and repulsive one. It’s destroying households, pals and nations. However there’s a place of dignity that exists past this digital blood bathtub, a spot of listening to the wants of these round you, a spot of being type even when nobody is wanting, and I do know you might be very accustomed to that place.”
Right here, take a look at her Tweet:
ट्रोल्स tho ट्रॉल करेंगें pic.twitter.com/tMl7GlRU6o
— Kalki केकला (@kalkikanmani) September 21, 2020
Earlier, the primary spouse of Anurag Kashyap Aarti Bajaj additionally took to her social media and issued an announcement in Anurag’s defence. In her submit, she wrote how he has been empowering ladies and has created a most secure place for all the ladies in his life together with his personal daughter. Calling it a ‘most cost-effective stunt’, she wrote:
“First spouse right here.. You’re a rockstar @anuragkashyap10. Hold empowering ladies as you do and the most secure place you create for all of them. I see it first hand with our daughter. There isn’t a integrity left and the world is filled with losers and no brains baying for blood of anybody who has a voice. If all people spends the vitality which they use in hating others constructively this world will likely be a greater place. Most cost-effective stunt I’ve seen until now. First it made me indignant then I laughed so laborious because it can not come extra framed then this . I’m sorry that it’s a must to undergo this .That’s the extent of them. You keep HIGH and hold utilizing your voice. We love you,”
Right here, take a look at the submit:
In the meantime, Anurag Kashyap additionally took to his twitter and shared an announcement issued by his lawyer denying all of the allegations. The assertion reads:
“My consumer, Anurag Kashyap, has been deeply pained by the false allegations of sexual misconduct which have just lately surfaced in opposition to him. These allegations are utterly false, malicious and dishonest. It’s unhappy {that a} social motion as necessary because the #metoo motion has been co-opted by vested pursuits and diminished to a mere device for character assassination. Fictitious allegations of this nature critically undermine the motion and search to unconscionably commerce upon the ache and trauma of precise victims of sexual harassment and abuse. My consumer has been suggested about his rights and cures in regulation and intends to pursue them to the fullest extent – Priyanka Khimani.”
Right here, take a look at the submit: