Abhay Deol reveals Anurag Kashyap 'didn't direct him at all' in Dev D: 'It wasn’t even like I was asking him...'
Hindustan TimesDays after reacting to Anurag Kashyap’s allegations regarding his behaviour on the sets of their film Dev D and calling the filmmaker a 'toxic person' and a 'liar', Abhay Deol has once again spoken about his experience of working with Anurag in their only film together. The actor had denied Anurag Kashyap's past allegation that he had demanded staying in a five-star hotel during the filming of Dev D. Anurag had then responded to Abhay's recent statement, where he had called the filmmaker a 'liar' and a 'toxic person'. And I continued doing that.” In an interview in 2020, Anurag had recalled what it was like working with Abhay Deol during Dev D, and said it was 'painfully difficult'. In the same interview, Anurag had said that during Dev D's filming in Delhi, Abhay would 'stay in a five-star hotel, while the entire crew stayed in Paharganj' as the film 'was made on a very tight budget'.