Chiyaan Vikram clarifies Anurag Kashyap’s statement about the actor rejecting Kennedy; read here

Chiyaan Vikram has now taken to Twitter to clarify the miscommunication that has taken place. He tweeted, “Dear  @anuragkashyap72, Just revisiting our conversation from over a year ago for the sake of our friends and well-wishers on social media. When I heard from another actor that you had tried to reach me for this film & that you felt I hadn’t responded to you, I called you myself immediately and explained that I hadn’t gotten any mail or msg from you as the mail id that you had contacted me on was no longer active and my number had changed almost 2 years before that. As I said during that phone call, I’m very excited about your film Kennedy and even more so because it has my name. I wish you great times ahead. Lots of love Chiyaan Vikram aka Kennedy.”

Netizens were quick to express their opinions on the same and Anurag Kashyap was unfortunately on the receiving end of the backlash. Soon after the filmmaker took to social media to make further clarifications. He tweeted, “Absolutely right Boss sir. For the information of people, when he found out from another actor that I was trying to reach him he called me directly and we realised that he had a different WhatsApp number. He gave me his correct information to reach out and even showed interest in reading the script but by then we were all locked and a month away from shooting. He also graciously blessed us to use the name “Kennedy” for the film. What I stated in the interview was the story behind how the film got to be called Kennedy. There is no need for any overreaction. And definitely, I think neither Chiyaan sir nor I are retiring without working together. FYI we go back to pre-Sethu days.”

In other news, the filmmaker along with the cast of Kennedy are busy with interviews and more at Cannes 2023.