Anurag Kashyap recalls his battle with depression; reveals he went to rehab thrice, had a heart attack

Anurag Kashyap recently opened up about the darkest phase of his life and how he coped with depression for more than three years. Anurag revealed that he went to rehab thrice. Apart from that, he also spoke about his daughter Aaliyah Kashyap getting anxiety attacks due to rape threats sent to her. Anurag shares a great bond with his daughter Aaliyah who is a star in her own right.

Recalling how his daughter started getting anxiety attacks, Anurag told Indian Express, “This was the time when I went off Twitter because my daughter (Aaliyah) started getting trolled, getting rape threats and she started getting anxiety attacks… So, I went off Twitter in August 2019 and I went to Portugal. I was shooting this (Almost Pyaar With DJ Mohabbat) in London and then, when the whole Jamia Millia thing happened, I came back to India. I was like, ‘yeh mujh se bardaasht nahin ho raha hai, koi kuchh bol nahin raha hai (I can’t bear it that no one is speaking up). I started speaking on Twitter again.”

 

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The filmmaker revealed that he did not stop working even when he was going through difficult times, battling depression in his life. He revealed that he went to rehab thrice. Anurag suffered a heart attack last year. He underwent an angioplasty. He is doing much better now.

Talking about his upcoming film, Almost Pyaar With DJ Mohabbat, it stars Alaya F and Karan Mehta. The film recently had its world premiere at the 19^th edition of the Marrakech Film Festival. It is slated to release in January, 2023.

 

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Mamta Naik

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