Kangana Ranaut has slammed filmmaker Karan Johar after he shared a cryptic note in response to allegations that he sabotaged the careers of Priyanka Chopra and Anushka Sharma. Kangana claimed on her Instagram Stories on Sunday night that Karan used to ‘insult and bully’ her on national television.
Kangana wrote on Instagram, “Ek waqt tha jab Chacha Chaudhary elite nepo mafia walon ke saath national television pe mujhe insult and bully karta tha (There was a time when Chacha Chaudhary and the elite nepo mafia would insult and bully me on national television) because I couldn’t speak English…”
“Aaj inki Hindi dekh ke khayal aaya, abhi toh sirf tumhari Hindi sudhari hai aage aage dekho hota hai kya,” she added, “aage aage dekho hota hai kya” (Today I realized after seeing his Hindi, so far I have rectified your Hindi, see what happens from now on).
Kangana claimed that Karan had previously ‘insulted and bullied’ her on national television.
Karan recently posted on Instagram Stories, “Laga lo ilzaam, hum jhukne waalon mein se nahi… Jhoot ka ban jao ghulam… Hum bolne waalon mein se nahi… Jitna neecha dikhaoge… Jitne aarop lagaoge… hum girne waalon mein se nahi… Humara karam humari Vijay hai…Aap utha lo talvaar… Hum marne waalon mein nahi… (State the allegations, I’m not among those who will bow down / Become a slave to lies, I won’t say anything / However much you try to slander and portray me in a negative light, I will not fall / My goodness is my victory / You can use any swords, I will not die).”
An old video of Karan surfaced online a few days ago, in which he joked about murdering Anushka Sharma’s career. When Anushka was about to make her debut in Aditya Chopra’s Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, Karan didn’t like her pictures. During the promotion of Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, both Anushka and Karan spoke candidly about it during a media interaction. Karan, Anushka joked at the time, tried to ‘finish’ her career before it even began.
The video reappeared after Priyanka Chopra recently opened up about why she left Bollywood and began looking for work in the United States. Priyanka had stated on Dax Shepherd’s podcast Armchair Expert, “I was being pushed into a corner in the industry.”
“I had people not casting me, I had beef with people, I am not good at playing that game, so I kind of got tired of the politics and said I needed a break,” she added. This music thing allowed me to travel to different parts of the world, not crave for movies I didn’t want to see but to schmooze certain clubs and cliques of people. I had already put in a lot of time working, so I didn’t feel like I wanted to make a show of groveling.
