The last time we used “Bollywood People” in the title, it was for Kebab Jo’s trip to meet the PM of India to discuss important matters. Haha! He should have brought Kangana Ranaut. It would have been interesting to see Kangu blasts the PM and Kebab Jo together.
So, over the last week Kangana Ranaut appeared at several events to promote ‘Manikarnika’.
In case you are wondering, ‘Manikarnika’ has managed to earn 84.55 crore in just 12 days. If it continues playing in theatres, it might very well reach 100 crore.
Can you imagine Kebab Jo’s reaction if that does really happen? How much did his ‘Raazi’ manage to make? Since he continues to speak about it relentless, girl-power and all that crap!
Kangana was at this screening where school kids were invited to watch the film with her. It was at that event that she let out whatever it was she was holding in. She blasted everyone in Bollywood for not supporting her or the film. She also claimed that they are ganging up against her.
About the director, Krish. Kangana said that before this controversy, no one knew who he was and now thanks to the film, he is getting all the publicity he needs. She urged the media present at that event to not pay any attention to that and to focus on the film and its many other technicians. Talk about them also, she said.
He has been credited for his work in the film and it is very incorrect on his part to say something like that. If he has any issues with the film, then he should talk to the producers and should not attack me for that reason. He should prove whatever he is saying. Nothing will come out of it if he will keep talking about it in the media.
Who can forget her epic reply to all those who ran to Bollywood Hungama with their complaints:
I would suggest Krish one thing — he should make one film with this entire company. In that film, he should cast Sonu as a villain, Mishti as lead actress and he should hire Apurva to write the story of the film. He should make such a film that I can get to learn a lesson from that.
The funniest moment in that event is when Kangana said this in Hindi:
Is Jhansi queen my aunt? Her contribution to the freedom struggle has made the country free. It’s not only Kangana Ranaut who is free.
Here’s the thing.
On one hand, she said that she does not need anyone’s support in Bollywood. Let them support one another, I have National Awards. Her words.
Then, she blasted them for not supporting her or the film publicly. To be fair, it was a journalist who asked her about it. In a way, it was a correct question because the industry tweets in support of every crap film, but no one famous tweeted in support of ‘Manikarnika’ or Kangana.
The other day, Ajay Devgan tweeted in support of Akshay Kumar’s film! Who would have thought! Mr. CreepyEyes and Mr. CreepyBones supporting each other. Must be someone familiar in between them that might just out them both out!
It is alright for her to blast them since she feels that they all used her. She did appear at the screenings that she mentioned and she did praise these actors, but when no one came out for her, she got mad.
It’s a normal reaction and it’s obvious that she is hurt and disappointed that they would do her like this. She probably just realised how they are all conspiring against her and wanting her to fail.
From all the veterans, Asha Parekh, Rekha and Waheeda Rahman have publicly praised her. From the younger lot, Shraddha Kapoor has spoken about Kangana and ‘Manikarnika’.
Anupam Kher recently tweeted in her support:
KanganaRanaut is a ROCKSTAR. She is brilliant. I applaud her courage and performances. She is also the real example of #WomenEmpowerment.
KJo’s message to Anupam probably got lost in cyberspace!
Kangana was also invited on Republic TV to talk about the film. But there, a low-battery Arnab had 3 ladies by his side to shout out their questions to Kangana. Arnab was probably scared that Kangu would humiliate him with her answers because we all know she can give it right back. If he yells at her, she will yell back. That would have been quite something to watch! This is why he had 3 ladies there do his dirty work!
The funny thing is, you have an established actress like her come on your show and all you can ask her is why these actors are complaining that she cut out their roles?! Clearly, they wanted another controversy from her but Kangana answered back nicely.
People are saying that we want lead roles in the film. I just want to tell them that work hard for that. They will not get anything by crying in public. They should earn their place. Today, I have become a filmmaker on my own credibility. I will once again direct a film and it will be better than ‘Manikarnika’.
They also wanted Kangana to name all these people that she said was ganging up against her and she said she won’t say it on national television.
What Bollywood is doing, the planning and plotting, one thing is for sure, earlier I used to call them out for sexism, nepotism or pay disparity, but now I’ll be after them. ‘Inki vaat laga dugi’. I’ll expose each and every one. They have asked for trouble by ganging up against me.
How come when Akshay Kumar edited other actors’ roles in his film, no one went to BollywoodHungama to complain about it? Or even to the media? Shah Rukh Khan changed the script of ‘Zero’ and Anand L Rai’s reputation as a bankable director went down the dumps, you don’t hear him complaining to Faridoon right? You don’t see Arnab asking SRK, why he destroyed Anand’s career, right?
Like we mentioned in the other post, the backlash that Kangana got for being the director of this film is just unfair. If the film had bombed badly, no one would have come forward to say anything. They all talk as if Kangana is like some powerful underworld don, who has so much power to make everyone on the sets bow down to her, including her producer who put his money in this film and Zee Studios. Like if, she is the only one who sat in that editing room and edited the whole film by herself after she tied the editors up or lock them up somewhere!
Speaking of underworld don, you all remember how everyone was praising Ranbir for his portrayal of a white-washed criminal on the big screen? Especially Kebab Jo! They also have no problem supporting other creeps publicly, but they couldn’t publicly speak out for Kangana or at least for this film?
Let’s take Sonam’s last film, for example. Everyone tweeted and about the film and praised her. Did they not praise Kangana because she was bad in the film? Was Sonam that good that they all had to tweet in her support, but Kangana was so bad that’s why they didn’t say anything.
Or what about all that support and love for Salman Khan’s brother-in-law? Was it because he is a young Robert DeNiro in the making?
Don’t say because she brought it on herself.
Remember that these people are supporting criminals openly. Pretending these criminals are all saints. But this girl calls them out for nepotism and other things and they boycott her?
Clearly, she bruised their egos so bad that they had to gang up against her. Speaking of Nepotism. Isn’t it strange how KJo denied it then and look at how many star kids he has since launched?
Now we are wondering who initiated this boycott? Kebab Jo?
Who called up everyone and asked them not to tweet or speak about this film?
Speaking of calling up Bollywood People, Kangana revealed that she called up Alia and asked why she didn’t come to see the film. We are guessing she is referring to the screening where she invited a bunch of Bollywood People that she thought were her friends.
I reached out to Alia (Bhatt) and asked her what makes her think Manikarnika is my personal controversy, it’s a film whole nation is talking about and wondering why Bollywood is keeping quiet on such a relevant work……I asked her if I can be courteous and gracious to acknowledge her requests for encouraging relevant work that she does, why is she so scared to see my film.
I suggested that she grows some spine and support an important film about woman empowerment and nationalism….if she doesn’t have a voice of her own and her existence is all about being KJo puppet then I don’t consider her successful. I told her if she is only focusing on earning bucks and not raise a voice, then her success has no value. Hope she understands the true meaning of success and her responsibilities.
Wowza!
Wonder if Aloo Paratha cried over Kebab Jo’s shoulders as soon as Kangana hanged up that call! That must have been quite something. Alia must have been playing her usual dumbo role to Kangana on the phone like, “Your film released? I didn’t know, yah! I am too busy trying to stop Ranveer from jumping into random crowds, I haven’t noticed at all! Also, I don’t have internet and TV at home!”
Jokes aside, Alia actually said this:
As I have said before, I really admire her as an actor and the choices that she makes. She’s a very outspoken person and I admire her for that as well. If I have upset her unintentionally, then I don’t know. Basically, it wasn’t my intention. I didn’t do anything to get a reaction like this.
If she really did ask Kangana to promote her film and come over to her film’s screening, then that’s not fair that she did not reply to Kangana when she was invited to ‘Manikarnika’s screening.
The thing is, these Bollywood People are mistaken. They think people care about what they think. If they did, no one would have contributed to that 80+crore this film made. Truth is, people go and watch the film if it is good, if there’s someone they like in the film and if Word of Mouth (WOM) spreads positively like crazy!
To Summarise:
- Kangana said Bollywood people are boycotting her because she spoke about Nepotism.
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These Bollywood people include Karan, Aamir, Amitabh, Alia and so on.
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She also mentioned that these Bollywood people have called up theatre owners and asked them to decrease the number of screenings for ‘Manikarnika’.
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Kangana said that all these people complaining about her are the ones, who are looking for publicity.
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Kangana mentioned that she did not charge for directing the film. She got paid as an actress, not as a director.
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She called Alia Bhatt a spineless woman and is KJo’s puppet.
There seems to be more to this. Kangana must know more, but she is not revealing it. It must be something that really pissed her off like this.
Here’s something that ThePrint recently said about Kangana:
Whatever it is about Kangana.
[We are only saying this because sometimes she does seem out of it, but not this time.]
It is clear in Bollywood that not only will they never let a woman get ahead of them, they will also never let an outsider do better than them.
Unless, in both cases, the woman kiss their behind and praises them like crazy!
Sometimes, we wonder if Kangana is really as bad as all these people claim she is, why is she still getting movie offers? Why are studios bankrolling her projects?
If she was that problematic, no one would have dared to come near her. She must be doing something right other than having the right amount of talent in her bloodstream.
We think these people, the studios and people who work with her, they know exactly what is going on and how the industry works. That’s why Kangana Ranaut is still getting work today. Much to the chagrin of her Bollywood People!
In the words of Tanushree Dutta:
Kangana, they do not support you because they are intimidated by your talent, they hate your guts and their brawny thick muscle brains can’t seem to figure out how on earth you made it this far without them!! They think they are Gods and it is blasphemy to acknowledge that you shouldered a multimillion-dollar film on your own.
