Chiyaan Vikram responds to Anurag Kashyap's complaint

Bollywood director Anurag Kashyap is currently in France for Cannes Film Festival 2023, where the premiere of his upcoming film 'Kennedy' will soon take place. In a recent interview, ahead of the premiere, Anurag Kashyap revealed that the film was called Kennedy Project and that he first reached out to Chiyaan Vikram for the lead role but he never responded. With the news doing the rounds on the internet, actor Chiyaan Vikram has responded by clarifying that he got in touch with Anurag Kashyap after he came to from another actor that he tried to reach him for a film. He had in fact also explained that he wasn't able to respond because he never really got the communication from Anurag Kashyap. Taking to his social networking page, Chiyaan Vikram wrote, "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immediately and explained that I hadn’t gotten any mail or msg from you as the mail id that you had contacted me on was no longer active and my number had changed almost 2 years before that.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 for 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"Responding to Vikram's post, Anurag Kashyap wrote, "Absolutely right Boss sir. For the information of people, when he found from another actor that I was trying to reach to 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 or I am retiring without working together. FYI we go back to pre Sethu days."Kennedy has been selected for a Midnight Screening at Cannes Film Festival 2023. Helmed by Anurag, Kennedy features also features Sunny Leone and Abhilash Thapliyal. The film revolves around an insomniac ex-cop, long thought to be dead, but still looking for redemption.