Art & Entertainment

Anurag Kashyap Reacts To Abhay Deol's Accusations About Glorifying The Protagonist Of 'Dev D'

Anurag said that he has done what he wanted to do, and what he has seen. He said he likes films to be very real and doesn't want to give unnecessary redeeming qualities to a character.

Instagram
Abhay Deol and Anurag Kashyap Photo: Instagram
info_icon

Abhay Deol who starred in Anurag Kashyap's 'Dev D' had earlier accused the filmmaker of glorifying the titular character in the film. In an interview, Anurag has now reacted to his fallout with Abhay Deol and his remarks on 'Dev D'.

When Anurag was asked about Abhay바카라s comments about glorifying the titular character in 'Dev D', he told Zoom that he has done what he wanted to do, and what he has seen. He said he likes films to be very real and doesn't want to give unnecessary redeeming qualities to a character. He gave the example of his film, 'Kennedy' and said, 바카라In Kennedy, when people feel sympathy for the psychopath character, I바카라m saying, 바카라Question yourself바카라. You get one redeeming quality, and you say, 바카라Bechara바카라.''

Anurag added, 바카라The problem isn바카라t with the character; the bigger problem is with you. Ask yourself why you바카라re enjoying watching such behaviour. Ask yourself why you바카라re cheering for some things despite feeling uncomfortable about others. Those who point fingers should look inwards. That바카라s how I test the audience. Filmmakers here are so dishonest, forget making grounded films, they have no idea if they바카라re even making Indian films바카라바카라

Earlier, in a social media post Abhay wrote a long note on 'Dev D'. He wrote, 바카라In my version Dev gets shot by the police (he becomes a drug dealer) outside Paro바카라s house and dies just like in the book. Chanda does not fall in love with him, and neither is she ashamed of being an East European high class escort (again, in my version). She바카라s the strongest character of the three, and isn바카라t afraid of being judged. She does empathize with Dev, seeing how broken he is, and I went with the 바카라prostitute with the heart of gold바카라 theme from the book''.

Abhay was also not happy with the film's ending. 바카라Anurag felt a happy ending would make the film more accepted by the audience, and his twist was to have Dev and Chanda fall in love. My vision was too dark! I went with the flow바카라바카라, he said.

×