After the death of Sushant Singh Rajput, the director of the Bollywood hit film Dabangg, released in 2010, took to social media to accuse Salman Khan and his family of bullying him and sabotaging his career.
In a lengthy note posted on his Facebook account, the director wrote that Sushant’s suicide might have been the cause of talent management agencies who push individuals beyond their limits.
The death of Sushant Singh Rajput brings under scanner the role YRF talent Management Agency might have played in pushing him towards his suicide but that is for the authorities to investigate. These people don’t make careers.
He further added that these agencies don’t care about anything but money and have no moral values whatsoever.
They are all basically white collared ****** and everyone is involved. They all have an unspoken code of conduct they adhere to.
Abhinav Kashyap reveals more
Having addressed the death of the Raabta actor, Abhinav Kashyap continued on to reveal his own struggles against powerful celebrities in Bollywood.
My experience is no different. I have experienced exploitation and bullying first hand
Arbaaz Khan on Dabangg and ever since. So here is my story 10 years after Dabangg. The reason I moved out of making Dabangg 2 ten years ago is because Arbaaz Khan in collusion with Sohail Khan and family was trying to take control of my career by bullying me.
He further added that actor Arbaaz and Sohail Khan sabotaged the release of his movie Besharam.
Arbaaz Khan sabotaged my second project with Shree Ashtavinayak Films that I was signed up with by personally calling their head Mr. Raj Mehta and threatening him with dire consequences if they made a film with me. I had to return the signing money to Shree Ashtavinayak films and moved to Viacom Pictures.
They did the same thing. Only this time the sabotager was Sohail Khan and he intimidated the then Viacom CEO Vikram Malhotra. My project was sabotaged and I was made to return my signing fee of Rupees 7 Crores plus interest of Ninety odd lacs. Its only then that Reliance Entertainment came to my rescue and we forged an enduring partnership for my film Besharam.
Abhinav also wrote that he had been getting threats from the Khan family and that it led to his divorce three years ago.
Over the next few years, all my projects and creative endeavors have been sabotaged and I have been repeatedly threatened with life and rape threats given to/for the female members of my family. The sustained gaslighting and bullying destroyed my mental health and that of my family and led to my divorce and breaking up of my family in 2017.
He also stated that actors like Salman Khan and his family take advantage of their PR and use it to intimidate everyone.
They use a clever mix of their ill-gotten money, political clout and connections with the underworld to intimidate anyone and everyone.
Ending the note, Abhinav says that this is an open challenge to people like Salman Khan and his family. No further lives will be lost due to immoral powerful people.
Read the whole story here:
https://www.facebook.com/askashyap/posts/10158865186991844
It has been reported that Salman Khan and his family are going to take legal actions against the director, while Abhinav’s brother Anurag Kashyap says he will keep his distance from this matter.
For the media calling me and people who want to ask , treat this as my statement. “More than two years ago , Abhinav had told me clearly to stay out of his business and it’s not my place to comment on anything he says or does.“ Thank You
— Anurag Kashyap (@anuragkashyap72) June 16, 2020
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