Vivek Agnihotri slams Anurag Kashyap over his remark on 'Kantara' and 'Pushpa'

Filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri took to Twitter recently and reacted to fellow filmmaker Anurag Kashyap’s remark that films like 'Kantara' and 'Pushpa' are destroying the industry. Sharing a screengrab of a news article about Anurag's comment, he tweeted, 'I totally totally totally disagree with the views of Bollywood’s one & only Milord. Do you agree?'

Anurag Kashyap is yet to respond to Vivek’s post that has grabbed everyone's attention A few netizens are agreeing with the filmmaker, while others said that Anurag was misquoted.

One user wrote, 'I mean he is technically correct..these great films are destroying Bollywood industry,' while another tweeted, 'Does his view really matter, anyway he has to first decide whether tax on paneer affects bollywood or south india movies not forgetting the fact that the last hindi hit drishyam is a remake of south indian movie'.

Speaking with Galatta Plus, Anurag said, 'Films like Kantara and Pushpa give you courage to go out and tell your stories. But KGF 2, however big the success, when you try and emulate that and set a project up, that’s when you start heading towards disaster. That’s the bandwagon that Bollywood destroyed itself on. You have to find films that give you courage.'

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