Anurag Kashyap has taken to Twitter to share his thoughts on Kangana Ranaut’s recent explosive interview in a series of tweets. The ‘Queen’ actress had spoken her mind on Sushant Singh Rajput’s tragic demise as well as accused Karan Johar and Aditya Chopra of ‘systematically sabotaging’ the late actor’s career. While she was at it, Kangana also took digs at Alia Bhatt, Taapsee Pannu and Swara Bhasker calling the latter two ‘B grade actresses’. Reacting to this, Anurag called Kangana’s interview ‘scary’.
The director also shared a throwback interview of Kangana addressing claims that she cut out scenes of co-actors when she took over as director of ‘Manikarnika’. In the clip that Anurag described as “scary”, the actress can be seen giving her take on actors complaining about their roles being scrapped.
Sharing the clip, he said, “कल कंगना का interview देखा। एक समय में मेरी बहुत अच्छी दोस्त हुआ करती थी। मेरी हर फ़िल्म पे आके मेरा हौसला भी बढ़ाती थी। लेकिन इस नयी कंगना को मैं नहीं जानता। और अभी उसका यह डरावना इंटर्व्यू भी देखा जो मणिकर्णिका की रिलीज़ के बिलकुल बाद का है.”
In the video she is quoted saying, “Fortunately or unfortunately, I directed ‘Manikarnika’. I took all the final decisions (of the film). I just want to make one thing clear that the film is already made and out in theatres and we can’t do anything about it.”
Going on to address the claims of her co-stars in the film she said, “Now people are saying ‘our role was cut’, ‘our scene was taken out’ or ‘our voice clips were not added’. So I want to tell these people that, look here! The place I have earned for myself, as an actor, three times National Award winning actor or filmmaker, I earned it out my me own merit, my father didn’t hand it down to me. You also earn this space. What good will crying do?” She went on to add, “I also made my start with 5-minute roles. I also had my scenes cut from so many films and was taken out last minute in films. If this is my power, then I deserve it, I have earned it, it is my prerogative as a director to decide which actor I want to utilize, which material I want to use.” Talking about director Kirsh’s exit from the project, she said, “It is my prerogative as a director, that if he has left the film in my hand – which he did; to take the final call. To say such negative things is wrong.”
