India, June 10 -- When Anurag Kashyap penned a note for Sandeep Reddy Vanga on his Instagram account in January 2024 and called him the 'most honest , vulnerable and a lovely person', filmmaker Varun Grover had a sharp response in the comment section- 'No.' In an interview with The Lallantop, Varun has finally opened up about why he felt the need to say so, detailing that Vanga had behaved obnoxiously on social media and even told Javed Akhtar that he cannot write. Despite these instances, Anurag had defended him. (Also read: Interview | Varun Grover: 'Censorship in itself is a wrong idea for a country like ours')

During the interaction, Varun said, "If someone comes in defense of a film that I understand. Defending a work of art is one ...