Anurag Kashyap Regrets Not Spending Much Time With Daughter, Aaliyah

In a recent interview, Bollywood ace filmmaker Anurag Kashyap spills about regret for not spending much time with daughter, Aaliyah and how his rebellious behavior towards power led to her daughter’s trolling.

The filmmaker reveals that he regretted not not getting to spend enough time with his daughter, Aaliyah Kashyap. Anurag also realized that his filmmaker friend, Imtiaz Ali, whose daughter is close to Aaliyah, has probably spent more time with her than he has.

The filmmaker also opened up on the fear of losing his loved ones the most. “I’m very scared of losing loved ones. I’ve realized after a long time in the sense that… In my process of pursuing this… One film after another, that so-called passion with which I actually enjoy making movies, I left a lot of things behind. I ignored a lot of things. Because when it really hit me hard… When my health slipped from my hand… It was so fast. Because I was working, I was doing yoga, I was swimming… I felt invincible. When it slipped out of my hands… It was like no amount of anything can save you. At that time you feel isolated, you feel alone. And then I realized I have isolated myself, in my pursuit for whatever I was doing. Constantly fighting to make my films my own way, everything.”

Further, he continued, “But there comes a point where I realize my daughter has suddenly grown up. I see her old pictures and I’m like, ‘Oh my god, I miss this.’ I’m sitting with Aarti and Aaliyah’s friend Ida and Ida’s mom Preeti, and Imtiaz… And they’re all talking, and they have these memories of this holiday and this and that. And I’m sitting there and I’m wondering, ‘Where was I?’ And I realize Imtiaz has spent more time with my daughter than I have. And then it eats you up inside. You don’t even know whether to apologize, because it’s too late to apologize. My daughter is all grown up. She has forgiven me for explaining that I made low budget films. I had to do twice the amount of work. Or three times the amount of work. And she understood, but still, you know me. She came out and talked to me. Why were you always working so much? And I would try to, one could have made time.”

Anurag admitted that it was because of his rebellious attitude towards the powers , his daughter had to face the consequences. He revealed, “People start attacking her, trolling her. She’s a social media kid. She gets affected by trolling. She started getting anxiety.”

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