Anurag Kashyap was furious after a clip featuring Radhika Apte leaked
New Delhi:
After a clip featuring actress Radhika Apte was circulated on WhatsApp over the weekend, filmmaker Anurag Kashyap has filed a First Information Report or FIR against 'persons unknown' with the Cyber Crime branch of the Mumbai police. The clip, which Mr Kashyap says has been taken out of context, features actress Radhika Apte in a scene that required her to be partly-nude. (Also Read: Nude Clip of Radhika Apte Goes Viral, Anurag Kashyap 'Feels Responsible')
In an interview to the Times Of India, Mr Kashyap explained that the clip was from a short film that he directed as one in a series of shorts. He said, ""It took us so much time to do it in a non-sexual way, as it is meant to be absolutely non-sexual and we took all the care we could. It was not easy to find an actor who is brave enough to participate in it. The entire shooting crew was women as we knew that we were making something as sensitive as this. And there were girls at every stage of the post-production. At every stage of the post-production, that part was either sent blank or pixelated before being sent. So, nobody even knew who is a part of the film. And everybody assumes that since it is an Indian film, it will always be pixelated. After taking all the care, the film was delivered to New York a month back. And then, all of a sudden after a month from nowhere, this video popped up online."
The Bombay Velvet director also said he's 'going to spend the rest of (his) life to find this guy,' who he appears to be convinced is an Indian living in New York: "It has to be some Indian guy there, otherwise other material from other sources that is much more sexual is available to the West and something like this does not get them excited."
Radhika Apte, who Mr Kashyap describes as 'one of the bravest actresses we have' and 'forward thinking,' last appeared in Hunterrr, produced by Anurag Kashyap's Phantom Films. She also co-starred with Varun Dhawan and Hum Qureshi in the widely praised Badlapur.
Anurag Kashyap's Bombay Velvet, starring Ranbir Kapoor and Anushka Sharma, releases on May 15.
In an interview to the Times Of India, Mr Kashyap explained that the clip was from a short film that he directed as one in a series of shorts. He said, ""It took us so much time to do it in a non-sexual way, as it is meant to be absolutely non-sexual and we took all the care we could. It was not easy to find an actor who is brave enough to participate in it. The entire shooting crew was women as we knew that we were making something as sensitive as this. And there were girls at every stage of the post-production. At every stage of the post-production, that part was either sent blank or pixelated before being sent. So, nobody even knew who is a part of the film. And everybody assumes that since it is an Indian film, it will always be pixelated. After taking all the care, the film was delivered to New York a month back. And then, all of a sudden after a month from nowhere, this video popped up online."
The Bombay Velvet director also said he's 'going to spend the rest of (his) life to find this guy,' who he appears to be convinced is an Indian living in New York: "It has to be some Indian guy there, otherwise other material from other sources that is much more sexual is available to the West and something like this does not get them excited."
Radhika Apte, who Mr Kashyap describes as 'one of the bravest actresses we have' and 'forward thinking,' last appeared in Hunterrr, produced by Anurag Kashyap's Phantom Films. She also co-starred with Varun Dhawan and Hum Qureshi in the widely praised Badlapur.
Anurag Kashyap's Bombay Velvet, starring Ranbir Kapoor and Anushka Sharma, releases on May 15.
