Bollywood director Anurag Kashyap and actor Abhay Deol collaborated for the 2009 film 'DevD' which was a successful collaboration. However, the two drifted apart due to differences. Both, Abhay and Anurag have been vocal about their sour relationship in the past.

In an interview for Mid-day's Sit with Hitlist last year, Deol, opened up about his falling-out with Kashyap, over the latter’s scathing words in a 2020 interview. Kashyap had called working with the actor “a painfully difficult” experience. He had said that Deol wanted to do artistic movies but also wanted the mainstream benefits—the luxuries of being a “Deol”.