Democracy Gives You the Right to Ask a Question: Anurag Kashyap, Dissident and Troll Dealer | Hindi movie news

A democracy gives you the right to ask a question, filmmaker Anurag Kashyap said on Thursday, accused of attracting the attention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on a message broadcast on social media threatening to violate his daughter because of his opposing views. Kashyap said that there should be a law against this kind of trolling, or that someone in power should condemn such incidents "in the toughest terms" to send a strong message.

The filmmaker filed a statement of judicial information against the troll who issued an abusive message about him and his daughter.

"A democracy gives you the right to ask a question.If I am intimidated to have asked it and then subjected to multiple attacks, I do not find that such an atmosphere is satisfactory," he said. Kashyap.

The director made headlines last week by drawing Modi's attention to a right-wing troll, who had abused and threatened to rape his daughter.

The director of films such as "Dev D" and "Gangs of Wbadeypur", who is known for expressing his opinions, is worried about "the atmosphere of fear that has emerged".

"I'm being asked not to be afraid when talking against the government? … I should not be afraid to ask a question," he said in the promotion of the new movie "Game Over" .

Kashyap stated that he was not scared by the threats addressed to him but that he, as a father, had to rebadure his child.

"It does not bother me that the Prime Minister whom I have not supported wins.It is a public mandate and I accept it.I have always fought against governments", he said, citing the example of the ban on his films. during the Congress regime.

"I do not fight the party, I fight the government because you live in a country, you vote and you can have a contrary opinion and that can coexist … I just do not agree with the Prime Minister, but that does not mean that I'm going to say anything and that he's not being elected on the basis of what I'm saying.If he comes somewhere, I'll be respectful like the others would do it. "

According to Kashyap, trolling has not stopped despite the Prime Minister, in the past, saying that such things should not happen.

"I know that if a man says it firmly and strictly, that such things should not happen and that it will be punishable, these things will automatically stop …"