AnuragKahsyap thinks social media attacks against critics for Dhurandhar were ‘coordinated’

The filmmaker believes that the attacks on critics who criticized Dhurandhar were not organic.

In a recent chat with film critic SucharitaTyagi on her YouTube channel, filmmaker AnuragKashyapclaimed that the attacks on critics who criticized Dhurandhar were not organic and were ‘coordinated.’ Kashyap addressed the backlash critics faced from fans over negative reviews while citing Dhurandhar.

AnuragKashyap spoke about critics receiving backlash over negative reviews for Dhurandhar.

The ‘Kennedy’ director, while having a chat with SucharitaTyagi, addressed the backlash critics face from fans over negative reviews, citing Aditya Dhar’sDhurandhar. He said, “This backlash thing is again a social media construct. There was a great article in The New Yorker about how fan clubs were created in the South to create heroes. A lot of it is not organic. I genuinely believe it is not organic. I will talk about a recent film, Dhurandhar. How everyone was attacked is uncalled for. Somebody reached out to me and said you shared the Critics Guild post. From the industry, nobody shared. Par aapkoDhurandharmeinachabhilagabahutkuch (you liked a lot in Dhurandhar). I said what I found problematic, and I said this too. Jo cheezgalathaiwogalathai (What is wrong is wrong). Mujhekaisilagi does not mean I am going to force my opinion on someone else. Tum kyadekhraheho film mein, woh tum dekhrahe ho. Jo main dekhrahahoon, woh main dekhrahahoon (You are watching what you are, and I am watching what I am).”

AnuragKashyap highlighted about coordinated attacks.

Aditya Dhar-directed Dhurandhar received mixed reviews, with many critics praising it while many others calling it agenda-driven. Many of them were targeted by social media trolls for their negative reviews of the film, prompting the Film Critics Guild of India to issue a statement defending them and condemning the attacks. Anurag, who had himself praised the film but criticized its politics, called all such attacks coordinated. He explained, “Ye jo coordinated attacks hotehain, ye coordinated hi hotehain, ye organic nahihote (All these attacks are coordinated and not organic). Organic can be ‘I don’t agree with you’. I can disagree with you, whatever it is. One of my cousins runs a place like this, where 300 people sit, and they get paid for this. His whole business is this.”

Meanwhile, AnuragKashyap’s Kennedy is releasing on Zee5 on February 20.