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Surat court issues bailable warrant against Anurag Kashyap over Brahmin remarks case

Filmmaker repeatedly skipped summons in a 2025 case alleging his X post insulted the Brahmin community; next hearing set for December 24.

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What to know

  • A Surat court issued a bailable warrant against Anurag Kashyap after he repeatedly ignored summonses, including one published in a Mumbai newspaper.
  • The case concerns an April 2025 X reply in which Kashyap made a remark about the Brahmin community while defending the film Phule against boycott calls.
  • Kashyap publicly apologized for the remark shortly after making it, but complaints proceeded in Surat, Jaipur and Varanasi.
  • The Surat court has set December 24 as the next hearing date; Kashyap must now furnish bail to avoid jail.

“We initially filed an application and requested his presence for verification, but he failed to appear. The trial court subsequently initiated proceedings against him.”

Kamlesh Raval, Lawyer for VHP and Bajrang Dal · Indian Express (via PTI) ↗

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Surat court issues bailable warrant against Anurag Kashyap over Brahmin remarks case
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    “What have you achieved by being a Brahmin?”
    — Anurag Kashyap, Filmmaker · source

    1. 6 outlets first by Outlook India, 9d ago · also Bhaskar English, Press Trust of India, India Today, The Times of India, Indian Express · read ↗

    • Mathrubhumi_English@mastodon.social

      Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap has received a bailable warrant from a Surat court in a case concerning his alleged social media remarks about the Brahmin community https:// english.mathrubhumi.com/movies -music/news/anurag-kashyap-brahmin-remarks-case-court-issues-bailable-warrant-after-repeated-absence-rp9vwb2w?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #…

      Mathrubhumi_English@mastodon.socialMastodon8d agoview on Mastodon ↗
  2. background

    Court issues repeated summons, including a published newspaper notice — After Kashyap failed to appear following an initial application and a formal summons, the Surat trial court ordered a public summons printed in a prominent newspaper's Mumbai edition; he still did not appear.

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    Kashyap apologizes on X for the remark — Kashyap said he had spoken in anger and hurt the Brahmin community, his family and respected intellectuals, and pledged to work on his anger.

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    VHP and Bajrang Dal file complaints against Kashyap — The Hindutva outfits alleged Kashyap's post disparaged the entire Brahmin community and risked promoting enmity between religious and caste groups; cases were filed in Surat, Jaipur and Varanasi.

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    Kashyap responds to an X user amid Phule boycott calls — Replying to a user who objected to his tweet, Kashyap wrote a remark referencing being Brahmin, after Akhil Bharatiya Brahmin Samaj and Vipra Sena had demanded a boycott of the film Phule over claims it was anti-Brahmin.