Anurag Kashyap questioned that if casteism didn’t exist in this country, why would Jyotiba Phule and Savitribai Phule have needed to fight against it, and if these Brahmin groups either feel ashamed, are dying of shame, or perhaps they’re living in some alternate Brahmin-only India. He asked: "Who is the real ‘Ch*&t^ya' here?"
Expressing his frustration, Kashyap said from now on, he will charge Rs 1 lac for a 10-15 minutes meeting, Rs 1 lac for half an hour meeting, and Rs 5 lacs for a full one hour meeting.
Mandana Karimi's confession of having secret relationship with a famous director, pregnancy and eventually leading to abortion left netizens to speculate if it was Anurag Kashyap.
In March this year, the Income Tax Department had carried out raids at premises of Taapsee Pannu and her colleague filmmaker Anurag Kashyap over unaccounted cash.