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Published 21:04 IST, February 4th 2020

Sanjay Gupta deletes tweets to be 'completely apolitical', says 'I'm a filmmaker'

After Hansal Mehta decided to take a break from Twitter, Sanjay Gupta deleted his political tweets to go 'apolitical'. He wants to be known only as a filmmaker.

Reported by: Joel Kurian
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Twitter it seems is becoming a tough medium for filmmakers. After the case of one popular director quitting before rejoining the medium, now two more directors have taken such decisions, amid the political battlefield heating up and strong opinions flying all across.  

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Hansal Mehta recently decided to take a break from Twitter, stating that he had experienced both hate and love, opposition and support, but he had ‘work to do.’ Now, Sanjay Gupta too cited his work and the fact that he was a filmmaker, to go off politics. The Kaante director stated that he wants to stick to what he is best at. 

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Taking to Twitter on Tuesday, Sanjay Gupta stated that he has decided to go ‘completely apolitical’ on the advice of his close friend. He also wrote that he was deleting most of his tweets based on politics. The Kaabil filmmaker asserted that he only wants to be known for his work. 

Here’s the tweet: 

Meanwhile, on the professional front, Sanjay Gupta is currently working on the movie Mumbai Saga. The venture is a crime-based venture with a multi-starrer cast featuring John Abraham, Emraan Hashmi, Jackie Shroff, Suniel Shetty, Prateik Babbar, Gulshan Grover, Rohit Roy, Sameer Soni and Amole Gupte. The movie is gearing up for release on June 19, 2020. 

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21:04 IST, February 4th 2020