Anurag Kashyap, who attended the 19th edition of the Marrakech Film Festival for the global premiere of his film Almost Pyaar With DJ Mohabbat, spoke to a leading daily about going through a dark phase in his life. In his recent interview, the filmmaker said he went to rehab three times and coped with depression for more than three years. Talking about going off Twitter in 2019, Anurag revealed he had to take that decision as his daughter Aaliyah Kashyap started getting 'anxiety attacks'. 

"This was the time I went off Twitter because my daughter 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 bardaaasht 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," Anurag told.

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Anurag, in the interview, also revealed that he suffered a heart attack last year and had to undergo angioplasty. "I didn’t know how to deal with it. Then slowly, I crawled back. I am myself now. But I still went on making films. I made Dobaara. Unlike other people, I don’t have the luxury to sit and wait. I don’t do massive projects which can sustain my people, my team," he added.

Almost Pyaar With DJ Mohabbat stars Alaya F and Karan Mehta. The film will release in theatres next year. 

(Source: Indian Express)