It all started after Vivek Agnihotri posted Anurag Kashyap's interview, which quoted him saying, ‘Kantara and Pushpa are destroying the industry’.
Filmmakers Vivek Agnihotri and Anurag Kashyap have now indulged in a war of words on Twitter. It all started when the 'The Kashmir Files' director, on Wednesday, shared his comments over Kashyap’s statement on recent movies like ‘Kantara’ and ‘Pushpa’.
Agnihotri shared a screenshot of Kashyap’s interview which read, "Films like Kantara and Pushpa are destroying the industry: Anurag Kashyap." The former wrote, "I totally totally totally disagree with the views of Bollywood's one & only Milord. Do you agree?"
Replying to him, Kashyap tweeted, "Sir aapki galti nahin hai, aap ki filmon ki research bhi aisi hi hoti hai jaise aapki mere conversations pe tweet hai. Aapka aur aapki media ka bhi same haal hai. Koi nahin next time thoda serious research kar lena. (Sir, it's not your fault. The research of your films is the same like your tweets on my conversations. Your condition and that of your media is the same. Next time do some serious research)."
Post that, Agnihotri replied by asking the ‘Gangs of Wasseypur’ director to prove that the four-year research work on 'The Kashmir Files' was a lie.
'"Bholenath, aap lage haath sabit kar hi do ki #TheKashmirFiles ka 4 saal ka research sab jhooth tha. Girija Tikoo, BK Ganju, Airforce killing, Nadimarg sab jhooth tha. 700 Panditon ke video sab jhooth the. Hindu kabhi mare hi nahin. Aap prove kar do, DOBAARA aisi galti nahin hogi (prove that the four-year research for 'The Kashmir Files' was all lies. Girija Tikoo, BK Ganju, Airforce killing, Nadimarg - all were false. The videos of 700 Pandts were all false. No Hindus died. Prove this so that I won't make this mistake again," said Agnihotri.
Ever since their Twitter war, social media users have been divided over their views.
On the work front, Agnihotri has started shooting of his next film 'The Vaccine War', and Kashyap last directed the suspense thriller 'Dobaaraa', which starred Taapsee Pannu and Pavail Gulati.