‘India Mein Casteism Hai Ya Nahi?

Anurag
Kashyap
has
expressed
his
frustration
over
the
release
issues
faced
by
Ananth
Mahadevan’s
biographical
drama

Phule.

The
film,
starring
Pratik
Gandhi
and
Patralekhaa,
was
initially
set
to
release
on
April
11,
on
the
occasion
of
Mahatma
Jyotiba
Phule’s
birth
anniversary
but
was
postponed
due
to
objections
from
a
section
of
the
Brahmin
community.

Kashyap
took
to
his
Instagram
handle
to
share
his
thoughts
on
the
issue.

‘Dhadak
2
ki
screening

mein
Censor
Board

ne
bola,
Modiji
ne
India

mein
caste
system

khatam
kar
diya
hai.
Usi
aadhar
pe

Santosh
bhi
India

mein
release

nahin
hui
(During
the

Dhadak
2
screening,
Prime
Minister
Narendra
Modi
said
that
the
caste
system
has
been
eradicated.
On
that
basis,

Santosh
was
not
released
in
India).’

‘Ab
Brahmin

ko
problem
hai
Phule
se.
Bhaiya,
jab
caste
system

hi
nahin
hai
to
kahe
ka
Brahmin
(Now,
Brahmins
have
a
problem
with

Phule.
But
when
there’s
no
caste
system,
what
Brahmins?).

‘Jab
caste
system

tha
nahin
toh
Jyotiba
Phule

aur
Savitribai

kyon
the
(If
there
was
no
caste
system,
who
were
Jyotiba
Phule
and
Savitribai?)

‘Bhai,
mil
ke
decide

kar
lo.
India

mein
casteism

hai
ya
nahi…’
(Brother,
please
decide
together.
Does
casteism
exist
in
India
or
not?),’
he
wrote.