Anurag Kashyap hits back at Ravi Kishan, says he 'used to smoke weed'

Seems like Anurag Kashyap is irked with Ravi Kishan for his stand on drug abuse in Bollywood. Retaliating to his statement, Anurag said that Ravi himself used to smoke weed and 'it' was life.

Mumbai: Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap slammed actor turned politician Ravi Kishan for his recent statement on drug abuse in the industry.

The 48-year-old director said that Ravi himself used to smoke weed but he never judged him for it.

In a recent interview with a national media, the Gangs of Wasseypur director said: "Ravi Kishan acted in my last film Mukkabaaz. Ravi Kishan starts his day by saying Jai Shiv Shankar, Jai Bam Bhole. Jai shiv Shambhu For the longest period of his time, he has been somebody who has used weed. It is life. Everybody knows it. The whole world knows. There’s not a single person who doesn’t know that Ravi Kishan does not smoke up. He might have quit now, that he has become a minister, he might have cleaned up."

"But do you include that in drugs? No. I am not judging Ravi, because I have never seen weed as a drug. 'Abuse' is not the word. He used to smoke up. He has always been functional, he has always done his job well, it did not make him dysfunctional, did not make him a monster. It did not do anything that people associate with drugs," he added.

"So when he talks about it, when he takes a self-righteous stand, I have a problem with that," asserted Kashyap.

Earlier this week, Ravi Kishan praised the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) for its probe into Sushant Singh Rajput death case.

"We know the problem of drug trafficking and drug addiction is increasing. In this conspiracy, our neighbouring countries are involved... Drugs come to this country via China and Pakistan. Our film industry, too, is affected," he said.