'Jab Caste System Hi Nahin Hai to ....': Anurag Kashyap Rent about controversy over Phule Movie | Mint

Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap did not cut his words about the controversy surrounding the film PHule, a film based on the life and work of Jyotirao Govindrao Phule and his wife, Savitribai Phule. The Brahmin community has reportedly raised objections to the portrayal of the film. Anurag Kashyap, furious about the controversy, questioned how the Brahmins still existed when Prime Minister Narendra Modi successfully exterminated the cabinets system in India. In an Instagram post, Kashyap said the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) said during Dhadak 2 performance that “Modi Ji Ne India Mein -Caste System Khatam Kar Diya Hai.” So, on the same, the film Santosh was not released in India, he said. “AB Brahmin Ko Problem Hai Phule’s. Bhaiya, Jab Caste System Hi Nahin Hai to Kahe Ka Brahmin. Kaun Ho monkey?” he asks. The filmmaker questions why the Brahmins were furious about the movie “Jab Caste System Tha Nahin toh?” “Jyotiba Phule our Savitri Bai Kyon the?” He asks sarcastically. “Ya toh aaap Ka Bahmnism exists Hi Nahin Carta Kyon Ki Modi Ji ke hisaab’s india mein caste system nahin hai? Ya sab Log Milke SAB ko ch ***** a Bana Rahe Ho,” he knocked out in irritation. “Bhai Mil Ke decides Kar Lo, India Mein Casteism Hai Ya Nahi,” he said. Earlier, the filmmaker also shared a story that expressed his gloom on the delay in the release of the film Phule. Anurag Kashyap’s IG story The release of Phule, with Pratik Gandhi and Patralkhaa, was delayed for objections raised by the Brahmin community. The director of the film, Ananth Mahadevan, made it clear that the delay was not as a result of the changes of the censorship board. It was released on April 11, but it will now arrive in theaters on April 25. “They suggested some amendments, I wouldn’t cut them. I want to make it clear that there are no cuts. We did it (comply with the proposed amendments). Mahadevan claimed: ‘Brahmins carried away by a two-minute trailer, but there was nothing cut. ‘to remove mahar’ and ‘peshwai’, the footage of ‘a man wearing a broom’ with ‘boys throwing cow -dung balls on Savitribai’ and the line ‘3,000 saddle Purani Gulami’, which is a ‘kai -Purani’. Light is depicted. We understand that we have to show the good and the bad. But we cannot see the good things done by the community, like how Brahmin people supported Mahatma Phule. It is unfair to show only the bad things Brahmins did, “Dave told Pti (with agency input) first published: 17 Apr 2025, 08:11 am Ist