Anurag Kashyap hits back at Vivek Agnihotri, calls him 'jhoota aadmi'

India Today

14-05-2025

Filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri recently spoke about his experience working with Anurag Kashyap on the 2007 film, 'Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal'. He alleged that Anurag's alcoholism caused difficulties for the team and claimed that Anurag handed over his writing duties to Vikramaditya Motwane. Now, Anurag Kashyap has responded to these accusations, calling Agnihotri 'jhootha aadmi'.Anurag Kashyap stated that he was never on the film's set and shared a screenshot of an article and wrote that the shooting took place in London while he was in India. He wrote, 'Kitna jhootha hai yeh aadmi. Shooting London mein hui thi and I was in India (He is such a liar, they shot in London and I was in India). He didn't want the script by Motwane or me. He wanted to make Lagaan of football and took his own writer to write that crappy script. Neither me nor Motwane went on the set ever.'advertisementHere's a screenshot of his Instagram story:
Anurag Kashyap hits back at Vivek Agnihotri
Vivek Agnihotri, in a recent interview with Digital Commentary, recalled that Kashyap was writing the movie initially. He mentioned that Saif Ali Khan and Priyanka Chopra were the original choices, but Saif left due to personal reasons, leading to John Abraham and Bipasha Basu joining the cast. Vivek said Anurag was a heavy drinker at the time and could not be trusted with time. He also said Anurag brought Vikramaditya Motwane on board to help, but their versions of the film differed, leading to disagreements. Vivek noted that the production house had a word with Anurag, who became difficult to handle professionally.advertisementAgnihotri did not claim that Kashyap or Motwane visited the set during filming.Vikramaditya Motwane, in an earlier interview with Mid-Day, described his experience working with Vivek. He said UTV was producing the film and that Vivek approached them with a football story idea. They wanted a good writer and contacted Anurag, who acknowledged his limited knowledge of football but noted that Motwane was well-versed in the subject. Motwane wrote the script, which was accepted, but the final film was not made as he or Anurag had hoped. He said that at the time, they had to accept the work as it was and that he still considers his original script one of his best works.Must Watch