Anurag Kashyap’s brother Abhinav Kashyap has been in the news lately for his comments on Salman Khan. Abhinav who is the director of ‘Dabangg’ has been making remarks against Salman Khan and his family. His statements eventually resulted in a defamation case being filed against him by the actor. Amid the controversy, Anurag has now addressed the situation publicly for the first time. Anurag said that Abhinav had earlier asked him not to comment publicly about him, and he intends to respect that request. He said during a chat with Mid-day, “I know exactly what is happening, so I am not going to say anything simply because a long time ago he asked me not to talk about him. And being a brother, I love him… I also understand that a lot of things have been said and the defamation case that he lost is there. But publicly, I would not want to speak about him. One, because he is my brother. Secondly, because he has very clearly asked me not to.”
Earlier, while speaking to Bollywood Thikana, Abhinav had strongly criticised Salman, even calling the actor a “coward”. He also referred to Arbaaz Khan using words such as “gadha” and “jihadi”, claiming that Arbaaz “did not know anything.” Following these remarks, Salman and Arbaaz filed a defamation case against Abhinav, demanding Rs 9 crore in damages along with a public apology. After examining the statements made during the podcast interview, the court noted that they were “prima facie defamatory, derogatory, abusive and insulting in nature.”Responding to the argument around freedom of speech, the court further stated that “the right to freedom of speech and expression does not mean that one can use abusive or threatening language against any individual.”
