Tempers have been flaring in the Hindi film industry lately on social media, and in the latest burst of obvious emotional rage, filmmaker Anubhav Sinha has tweeted to declare he is resigning from Bollywood.
Sinha, who has garnered a lot of fame and adulation directing "Mulk", "Article 15" and "Thappad" in recent years, is known for his straightforward posts on social media. Never one to shy from even getting abusive occasionally, the filmmaker has not minced words to declare that his calling it quits.
"ENOUGH!!! I hereby resign from Bollywood. Whatever the fu*k that means," he wrote on his verified Twitter handle.
ENOUGH!!!
— Anubhav Sinha (Not Bollywood) (@anubhavsinha) July 21, 2020
I hereby resign from Bollywood.
Whatever the fuck that means.
For the records, he has even changed his Twitter profile from Anubhav Sinha to Anubhav Sinha (Not Bollywood).
Ye lo. pic.twitter.com/dpQDHleBTi
— Anubhav Sinha (Not Bollywood) (@anubhavsinha) July 21, 2020
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His official twitter identity, of course, remains the same -- @anubhavsinha
Filmmaker Sudhir Mishra tweeted a reply: "What's Bollywood?I came 2be part of Cinema inspired by Satyajit Ray, Raj Kapoor, Guru Dutt, Ritwick Ghatak, Bimal Roy, Mrinal Sen, Hrishikesh Mukherjee, K Asif, Vijay Anand, Javed Akhtar, Tapan Sinha, Gulzar, Shekhar Kapur, Ketan Mehta, Bharatan n Aravindan etc. That's where I'll always be."
What's Bollywood?I came 2be partof Cinema inspired by Satyajit Ray ,Raj Kapoor,Guru Dutt,Ritwick Ghatak,Bimal Roy,Mrinal Sen , Hrishikesh Mukherjee,KAsif,Vijay Anand ,Javed Akhtar,Tapan Sinha, Gulzar ,Shekhar Kapur,Ketan Mehta , Bharatan n Aravindan etc.Thatswhere I'll always be.
— Sudhir Mishra (@IAmSudhirMishra) July 21, 2020
Filmmaker Hansal Mehta responded: ""Chhor diya (left it)… It never existed in the first place."
छोड़ दिया... It never existed in the first place.
— Hansal Mehta (@mehtahansal) July 21, 2020