Producer Ekta Kapoor has taken offence to Anurag Kashyap’s derisive comment on saas-bahu shows. The filmmaker shared his reaction to Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos saying whether launching Netflix India’s original programming with Sacred Games was the right call.

An enraged Anurag wrote on Threads, “He should have started with Saas Bahu .. he would have done well. Which he is doing now Z I always knew the tech guys are dumb when it comes to story telling but tedsarandos is the definition of dumb is what I didn’t know. Good to discover that. This explains everything now (sic).”

Anurag’s remark also came in light of the streamer’s new long-term creative partnership with Ektaa Kapoor’s Balaji Telefilms. In response, Ektaa — whose saas-bahu soaps once revolutionised Indian television — hit back, calling his remark “classist”.

Ektaa, without directly naming Anurag, posted on Insta, saying, “Ur so dumb… saying this put u on an advantage “I’m smarter cooler” but naaaa! Darling how about gracious!!! N self aware??? an art a lot of artists don’t have,” adding, “But artists who talk of an inclusive world are actually the most classist! We must do away with this ‘u can’t sit with us we r better’ attitude for democracy n fair play (sic).”