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Anurag Kashyap explains why Indians don't need a speech like Meryl Streep's

The Raman Raghav 2.0 director feels like-minded people should merely stand with those who exercise their freedom of speech.

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Legendary Hollywood actress Meryl Streep is being hailed by everyone across the globe for criticising newly-elected US President Donald Trump for his alleged rude behaviour towards a disabled New York Times reporter in 2015. 

In India, the likes of Swara Bhaskar have lauded Streep. However, there’s one tweet and a retweet which caught our attention.

 Kashyap did not attract much support on social media, while some voices from the industry, too, slammed Kashyap.

"Unwarranted utterances of Mr Anurag Kashyap in fact is damaging KJo’s (Karan Johar’s) film and industry," Paresh Rawal had tweeted then.

Kashyap’s latest tweet is a barb against his critics and was welcomed by music director Vishal Dadlani. The singer-musician, who is a former Aam Aadmi Party member, had incensed the Jain community with his controversial remarks against Jain monk Tarun Sagar. Dadlani later apologised and even met the Jain monk to seek forgiveness.

Given his political views, it wasn’t a surprise to see Dadlani retweet Kashyap.