Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap backed activist Sonam Wangchuk, whose hunger strike entered its 18th day and said, "I feel ashamed to stay quiet any longer....It's really troubling when the system becomes so indifferent to people's lives." "Silence from the powers...is deafening to the point that it's proof of their guilt and their murderous intent...even hearts of...demons aren’t this cold," he added.