Abhay Deol responds to Anurag Kashyap’s allegations, calls him a “liar” and “toxic”

Abhay Deol has reacted to Anurag Kashyap’s allegations regarding his behaviour on the sets of their 2009 film ‘Dev D’. Abhay, who is busy promoting his upcoming Netflix series ‘Trial By Fire’, opened up about Anurag telling lies about him to the media. He denied allegations that he had demanded a stay in a five-star hotel room during the filming of ‘Dev D’. The actor also called Anurag a “liar”, and added that the filmmaker was a “toxic person.”
In an interview in 2020, the filmmaker had said that working with Abhay during ‘Dev D’ was “painfully difficult.” According to Anurag, the actor wanted to do artistic movies but also wanted the “mainstream benefits”, and the “luxuries of being a Deol”.
In the same interview, Anurag had said that during 'Dev D's shoot, Abhay would 'stay in a five-star hotel while the entire crew stayed in Paharganj' in Delhi as the film 'was made on a very tight budget'. Anurag had added this was a reason why 'a lot of his directors went away' from Abhay.
Now, Abhay has slammed Anurag for telling lies about him. He said in a new interview, “I had my heart on my sleeve, and all that is great – but you get taken advantage of, and then you get reactive. So, he (Anurag Kashyap) was a good lesson for me. Then I just avoided him, because I don’t need toxic people in my life. Life is too short, and there is so much more to explore. But he (Anurag) is definitely a liar and a toxic person. And I would warn people about him.”
Abhay also said that Anurag sent him apology messages after the 2020 interview. “He (Anurag) does that all the time. He was like, ‘You want to shout at me, scream at me…’ And I was like, ‘I don’t care. It’s been 12 years. You don’t feature in my thoughts even now; get over it.’ He said, ‘Forgive me because I have had a bad day.’ I said you are forgiven. I never had a personal agenda. It was far bigger than just me. That is how I feel about everything. How much of this is he going to do? And I would have never taken his name and said the things, had he not gone public either," Abhay said.
Last year, in an interview, Abhay had called Anurag a ‘gaslighter’. They had worked together in ‘Dev D', written and directed by Anurag. After the film, the two never collaborated on a project.