03 November,2026 11:25 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Anurag Kashyap (Pic/AFP)
Filmmaker-actor Anurag Kashyap has landed in legal trouble over his alleged offensive remarks against the Brahmin community on social media in April 2025. A Surat court has issued a bailable warrant against him after he failed to appear despite multiple summonses. The matter will now be heard on December 24.
A Surat city court on Monday issued a bailable warrant against filmmaker-actor Anurag Kashyap for failing to appear before it in a case pertaining to his alleged offensive remarks made on social media against the Brahmin community during the release of Phule. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate JV Chauhan issued the bailable warrant against Kashyap and kept the matter for further hearing on December 24.
The order was passed after the 54-year-old filmmaker, known for helming critically acclaimed 'Gangs of Wasseypur' and 'Black Friday', among other Hindi movies, failed to appear before the court despite summonses being issued against him, including via a newspaper.
The court in May directed the registration of a case against Kashyap under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) sections 192 (promoting enmity between different groups), 352 (intentional insult with intent to provoke a breach of peace), and 352 (2) (circulating false rumours) on an application filed by lawyer Kamlesh Raval, a legal advisor to Hindutva outfits Bajrang Dal and Vishwa Hindu Parishad.
A bailable warrant allows the accused person to secure release by furnishing bail as specified by the court.
The applicant had sought legal action against Kashyap for his remarks dated April 16, 2025, wherein he posted "an objectionable message on social media (X) that cast a slur upon the entire Brahmin community." After a social media user made a demeaning comment under his post, the Gangs of Wasseypur maker had written, "Brahmin pe main m'''''''a... koi problem (I'll pee on the Brahmins... any problem)?"
Raval claimed that by making such comments, Kashyap attempted "to disparage the Brahmin community, and this post constitutes an insult to the entire Brahmin community." Such a statement by the accused posed a risk of promoting enmity between different religious and caste groups across the nation, he contended.
Days after his comments triggered a controversy, Kashyap issued an apology to the Brahmin community, saying he crossed a boundary by using "abusive language" while replying to someone in anger.
