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Anurag Kashyap: We’ve paid a heavy price
Updated On: 26 January, 2023 08:09 AM IST | Mumbai | Priyanka Sharma
Anurag reflects on the Boycott Bollywood trend; states that Almost Pyaar with DJ Mohabbat is his answer to the hate that dominates social media
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The film stars Alaya F and Karan Mehta
Manmarziyaan (2018) showed us that Anurag Kashyap, despite his affinity for noir films, is equally at ease when making a romantic drama. The filmmaker is giving the genre another shot with Almost Pyaar with DJ Mohabbat, starring Alaya F and Karan Mehta. In some ways, it is a classic Kashyap offering — through the inter-faith love story, the director wants to underline the current climate of hate.
Reflecting on how prejudice in our society runs deep, Kashyap says, “Earlier, we accepted each other’s belief systems and differences. Now, within [the divide of] religion, there is caste system. Within our caste system, there is gender prejudice, and then, there is discrimination on the basis of skin colour. So, the prejudice is never-ending. Now, it has come on social media. People have become vocal.” At such a time, the director says that love and acceptance are the only crutches left to hold on to — a thought that the film bats for. “In these prejudiced times, we need love. It doesn’t mean the [romance] between a boy and girl; instead, it’s the general idea of love, which is acceptance. You don’t have to scream to fight the wrong. I have made this film for just one line: Mohabbat se hi toh kranti aayegi.”
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