‘Milke decide karlo caste system…’

Filmmaker and actor Anurag Kashyap is in no mood to stay quiet when it comes to the censorship issues faced by Ananth Mahadevan’s biographical drama, Phule. Going by reports, the film’s release was postponed after some members from the Brahmin community in Maharashtra objected to their representation in the film. Anurag was both surprised and puzzled that the community got access to the film before it was officially released, and questioned how the preview even happened. Also Read – Meet the actress who made Bollywood debut at 15, refused to do intimate scenes, got married when she was just…, is now…

Anurag took to his Instagram Stories to share his thoughts. As he revisited his connection with the story, Anurag wrote, “Meri zindagi ka pehla natak Jyotiba aur Savitribai Phule pe tha. Bhai agar casteism nahin hota is desh mein toh unko kya zaroorat thi ladne ki. Ab ye Brahmin log ko sharam aa rahi hai ya wo sharam mein mare ja rahe hain ya phir ek alag Brahmin Bharat mein jee rahe hain jo hum dekh nahin paa rahe hain, ch****a kaun hai koi to samjhave. (The first play I ever did in my life was on Jyotiba and Savitribai Phule. If casteism didn’t exist in this country, why would they have needed to fight against it? Now these Brahmin groups either feel ashamed, are dying of shame, or perhaps they’re living in some alternate Brahmin-only India that we’re unable to see. Someone please explain—who’s the real fool here?)” Also Read – Anurag Kashyap CLARIFIES ‘half-baked’ comment on Saare Jahan Se Accha after calling out Netflix India’s ‘hypocrisy’ and ‘morally corrupt’ bosses

In the next post, the filmmaker was quick to slam the censorship process. “My question is, when the film goes for censoring, there are four members in the board. How the f** the groups and the wings get access to films until and unless they are given access to it? The whole f***g system is rigged,” he wrote. Also Read – From targeting Narendra Modi to mocking Amitabh Bachchan’s acting; Top 4 controversies of Anurag Kashyap

Anurag feels Phule continues to face suppression because of its unapologetic subject. The filmmaker showed no qualms in stating that films are being slammed for putting forth uncomfortable truths. He wrote, “I don’t know how many other films are blocked that exposes the agenda of this casteist, regionalist, racist government… so ashamed to see their own face in the mirror. So ashamed that they can’t even openly talk about what it is about the film that bothers them. F***g cowards.”

The filmmaker was quick to shared an Instagram post to express his displeasure. He wrote, “Bhai mil ke decide kar lo. India mein casteism hai ya nahi… (Please meet and decide if casteism exist in India or not)”.
Anurag wrote, “Dhadak 2 ki screening mein censor board ne bola, Modi ji ne india mein caste system khatam kar diya hai . Usi aadhar pe Santosh bhi india mein release nahin hui . Ab Brahmin ko problem hai Phule se . Bhaiya, jab caste system hi nahin hai to kahe ka Brahmin . Kaun ho aap. Aap ki kyon sulag rahi hai . Jab caste system tha nahin toh jyotiba phule aur Savitri bai kyon the . Ya toh aap ka bahmnism exist hi nahin karta kyon ki Modi jinke hisaab se india mein caste system nahin hai? Ya sab log milke sab ko c***a bana rahe ho. Bhai mil ke decide kar lo . India mein casteism hai ya nahi. Log chutiya nahin hain. . Aap Brahmin log ho ya phir aap ke baap hain jo upar baithe hain . Decide kar lo (During the screening of Dhadak 2, censor board told us that Modiji has eradicated the caste system in India. On the same grounds, Santosh couldn’t be released in India either. Now, Brahmins are objecting to Phule. Brother, if there’s no caste system, how can you be a Brahmin? Who are you? Why are you getting worked up? If there’s no caste system, why did Jyotiba Phule and Savitri Bai exist? Either your Brahminism doesn’t exist according to Modiji’s claim that there’s no caste system in India, or everyone is being fooled. Decide once and for all, does casteism exist in India or not? People aren’t fools. Are you Brahmins or the ones calling the shots are one? Decide now)”.

For the unversed, the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) had given a ‘U’ certificate to the makers on April 7. CBFC had also asked them to key in multiple amendments, which included deleting terms such as ‘Mang’, ‘Mahar’ and ‘Peshwai’, and the line ‘3,000 saal purani ghulami’ to be changed to ‘kai saal purani ghulami’, which director Ananth Mahadevan said they followed.

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