Filmmaker
Anurag
Kashyap,
who
has
vehemently
opposed
'Hindu
extremists'
for
violence
on
the
set
of
Sanjay
Leela
Bhansali's
"Padmavati" in
Jaipur,
says
he
has
grown
up
learning
to
question
those
that
govern
the
country.
In
a
post
on
his
official
Facebook
page,
Kashyap
says,
"I
have
been
taught
to
engage
and
question
those
that
govern
us
and
I
have
been
doing
that
since
I
was
a
student
and
V.P.
Singh
was
the
PM,
followed
by
Congress
and
now
BJP.
I
have
been
taught
that
your
PM
is
the
head
of
the
state
or
country,
who
you
can
question,
seek
answers,
argue
with,
but
never
fear
him,
because
you
chose
him
and
he
represents
your
well
being.
"If
one
has
to
fear
him
than
that's
sad.
Respect
cannot
be
demanded
it's
commanded.
It's
earned.
It
does
not
deter
me
from
asking
and
engaging."
The
filmmaker,
who
says
he
has
"zero
political
affiliation",
has
spoken
out
in
reaction
to
the
responses
he
received
on
supporting
Bhansali,
who
faced
the
ire
of
Karni
Sena
activists
on
his
"Padmavati" set
in
Jaipur
last
week.
The
row
was
over
'distortion
of
historical
facts' in
the
film,
which
is
about
Alauddin
Khilji,
the
medieval-era
Delhi
ruler,
who
fell
in
love
with
Rajput
queen
Padmavati.
Kashyap
was
one
of
the
first
film
fraternity
members
to
speak
up
in
favour
of
Bhansali,
and
said
he
was
ashamed
to
be
a
Rajput
himself.
He
has
continued
to
support
Bhansali.
"It
does
not
matter
what
you
say
or
do,
attack
me
physically
or
verbally,
I
will
voice
what
I
feel.
You
mobs
don't
scare
me,
my
voice
will
always
rise
over
your
screaming
and
shouting,
I
embrace
my
truth
and
I
do
not
fear
accusations," he
added.
Kashyap
maintained
that
he
has
'been
taught
to
have
the
liberty
to
utter,
argue,
question
freely
according
to
my
conscience,
and
above
all,
liberties.
And
I
will
always
take
that
right...
I
believe
in
my
Constitution,
my
rights,
my
liberties
and
I
will
take
them
and
exercise
them
when
I
deem
fit.
So
thank
you
for
all
this
intense
passionate
love
that
you
send
my
way,
you
are
not
going
to
stop
me."