Anurag Kashyap opened up about how his daughter Aaliyah Kashyap started suffering from anxiety after getting threats on social media. The filmmaker deleted his Twitter account in 2019, after days of fighting with trolls who attacked him for criticising the central government’s decision to scrap Article 370.
Meanwhile, Aaliyah became the subject of online trolling earlier this year after she posted pictures in lingerie on social media. Opening up about the impact of threats on his daughter, Kashyap said, “I have an amazing daughter. She really is out there expressing herself but her anxiety bothers me. And her anxiety started after those threats and things like that. Her anxiety like literally made me drop everything and run to the US, and she came back here. Other than her anxiety issues, she is just amazing.”
Speaking with Tanmay Bhatt, he added, “I’m so proud of her because there are things that we are not able to discuss with her parents. But she does that with the whole tribe. At this age, she talks to everybody, about everything. In our team, we had to deal with it while keeping it inside.” Kashyap also said that he never tried to shield Aaliyah from the spotlight because she was never interested in films or acting and always wanted to pursue fashion.
He said, “I never expected it to be so much. She drew a lot of attention because I draw unnecessary attention. If I got as much box office as I get attention, it would have gotten compensated.” Anurag shared Aaliyah with his ex-wife and film editor Aarti Bajaj. Aaliyah is currently in Mumbai and also runs a vlog channel on YouTube.
