I have never downloaded a film on torrent. I don't know how to.
Yes occasionally, I have seen downloaded films borrowed from friends and found a way to pay for them later, by buying them on DVD or BlueRay, and when I say this, I also say that no one can stop your right to download a film.
This time it's a different fight. It's a fight against censorship and if you are that audience that always downloads a film, then I won't ask you to not do that, please do, but wait till Saturday, which is the day you would normally download a film.
Udta Punjab producer Anurag Kashyap. |
Piracy happens because of lack of access and in a world of free internet, I do not have a problem with it.
My problem is that this time it's a case of vested interests trying to demoralise people from fighting for their rights.
So all downloaders of Udta Punjab, I urge you, wait till Saturday till you decide to not pay for the film.
Don't download and share, curb the curiosity for two more days.
Thank you for reading this.
(A version of this appeared on Anurag Kashyap's Facebook page.)