Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap opened up about dealing with depression and alcohol addiction with the help of his daughter Aaliyah Kashyap and his friends from the film industry Taapsee Pannu, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Anubhav Sinha and Sudhir Mishra. Kashyap revealed that Taapsee would often call him to check on him and that Sinha had thrown away all his alcohol bottles.

Anurag credited his daughter Aaliya, who often spreads awareness about mental health, for inspiring him to seek therapy. “My friends and colleagues have also gone through this situation,” the filmmaker said. Zoom,

“Nawazuddin Siddiqui regularly messages me asking about my health, ‘Brother, is your health okay? Do you need anything?’ (Brother, are you okay? Do you need anything?) Taapsee Pannu calls me and asks, ‘Are you alive?’ How are you doing? How is your health? (Are you alive? How are things going? How is your health?)” Kashyap shared.

Even his fellow filmmakers Anubhav Sinha and Sudhir Mishra made sure that Kashyap does a good job.

Anurag Kashyap said, “The way Anubhav Sinha keeps an eye on me is unbelievable. He is always keeping an eye on me to see how much I am smoking or drinking. Once he came, he and my daughter together threw away all the (alcohol) bottles.”

The ‘Gangs of Wasseypur’ director said that people around him were focused on ‘fixing’ him. He added, “Sudhir Mishra, he went out of his way to book a place to fix me. There are people in my life I am grateful to. (Vikramaditya) Motwane, Ishita, are always concerned and want to make sure I get fixed.”

Anurag Kashyap had earlier revealed that his daughter went into depression after she was trolled on social media and received rape threats due to his stance on the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA). This led to her having anxiety attacks.

Kashyap, who is often seen on screen, will next be seen in Disney+ Hotstar’s ‘Bad Cop’. It will stream from June 21.