New Delhi: Yashica Dutt engaged in an online argument with author Sumit Baudh after claiming that the creators of 'Made in Heaven' (MIH) Season 2 used her life as the inspiration for Radhika Apte's character without giving her credit. In her 2019 book, Coming Out as Dalit: A Memoir, Yashica had not given credit to Sumit's 2007 essay while she demanded credit from the creators of MIH. Sumit had referred to Yashica as a "hypocrite."
Anurag Kashyap has now defended Neeraj Ghaywan, who directed MIH Season 2 Episode 5 in which Radhika Apte played a Dalit bride. During a conversation with Bollywood Hungama, filmmaker and actor Anurag Kashyap sided with Neeraj Ghaywan and said, "I get scared for people I care about when they get attacked. I have seen the entire journey of Neeraj Ghaywan and the time he took to find the courage to speak up and then I saw him get cancelled in a day on social media. I got very affected by that because he got cancelled by people without them understanding the issue.”
During an earlier interview, Neeraj had mentioned that Radhika's character was in many ways based on him.
Without mentioning the authors, Anurag also discussed the Sumit Baudh-Yashica Dutt debate. He said, “It’s a debatable issue. If it’s really that big an issue, then why are you (Yashica) attacking the other person (Sumit) who before you said ‘I used this word’? Then you are looking for validation. You are not really concerned about the issue because then you can’t be two-sided. You are attacking this guy (Neeraj Ghaywan) and you are also attacking the guy who before you said something in a blog."
He further continued, "So, if you are only looking for validation then to me you look like an opportunist and nothing more than that. And I have seen that man (Neeraj) who found courage to be the voice, struggle, shrink because he got attacked by his very people. Then what is important in this day and age when we talk about representation? Is representation more important than self? Is yourself bigger than the representation? Because then you are a false self. You are a badge wearer. You are not really representing something and that makes me angry.”
Anurag also took a dig at Kangana Ranaut and her fight against nepotism without naming the actor by saying, "I did not know about the fight. I found out later and then I read about it and by the time I found out about it I saw the other side of it happening. Ghaywan was out and the other person was being attacked. I will not be afraid of saying this but it is how a certain person from the industry was fighting against nepotism and then went so far out that now nobody wants to hear that person. It’s a similar thing.”
Anurag Kashyap also made an appearance in the series 'Made In Heaven 2' as himself in one of the episodes.
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