Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap is facing flak from Twitter users for his praises of what they’ve tagged as the “most regressive movie” ‘Bakasuran.’ Anurag took to Twitter to share the Mohan G directorial posters. He captioned the post, “#Bakasuran Hearing good word of mouth for this movie in South…Congrats my friend @natty_nataraj & Dir @selvaraghavan.” Natarajan Subramaniam commented, “Thank you so so much Anuraag… (folded hands emojis).”
The tweet didn’t go down well with the twitteratti and they criticised Anurag for lauding the movie. One user wrote, “Promoting a pathetic movie just because Natraj is your friend?? Unexpected sir.” Another wrote, “Seriously Anurag?! How could one celebrate the likes of Vetrimaran, Pa.Ranjith, and also this patriarchal casteist movie.” A comment read, “Promoting a movie that essentially pushes women back to the kitchen and promotes a what were you wearing to provoke men culture? Wow your bar has gone so low now??”
"Unexpected from you sir...most regressive movie blaming women for sexual offenses... kindly watch it and remove the tweet," said a Twitter user. "Dear Anurag, you are one of the rare quality directors. Kindly don't promote regressive movies just because natty is your friend. He may be a good cinematographer. This movie is regressive," commented another person.
‘Bakasuran’ has triggered a controversy, with many feeling the movie sends the wrong message. The Hindustan Times review of the movie said it is filled with “problematic references, and it only victimises the women even more.” ‘Bakasuran’ stars Selvaraghavan, Tharakshi, Natarajan Subramaniam and Gunanithi among others. The movie was released last week.