Kangana Ranaut’s Simran is once again in the middle of a controversy. Reports suggest that Ranaut was involved in the editing work of the film with director Hansal Mehta. The actress was allegedly unhappy with the film’s trailer and had taken over the editing work.
Apurva Asrani, the original editor of Simran, was earlier fired after getting into a dispute with Mehta. Asrani spoke out against Ranaut over a news report in which she claimed to be responsible for changing the script of the film from a ‘dark thriller’ to the ‘comedy’ it is now.
In an interview with The Indian Express, Mehta dismissed reports of Ranaut’s alleged interference. “No, it is all wrong. Completely false. Completely baseless! Everything that appeared in today’s paper is fabricated, and done very obviously with malicious intent,” he was quoted as saying.
Mehta also said that he considers all his actors “collaborators” and that it was fairly normal for the lead of the film to be involved in the editing process. Talking about his film Omerta, which is scheduled to premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), Mehta said that the film’s actor Rajkummar Rao was shown the edit.
“Just like how Rajkummar is a close collaborator, so is Kangana Ranaut. Just how Rajkummar is always involved in the work that we do like edit & trailer, so is Kangana. The problem is when he (Rajkummar Rao) does that, he is my collaborator, but when Kangana does it, people call it names,” he told The Indian Express.
Mehta revealed that initially he was incensed by the reports about Ranaut, however, he is excited about two of his films — Simran and Omerta.
Previously, Ranaut was drawn into a controversy of sorts when Asrani slammed Mehta for his decision to award the actress a writing credit. Asrani alleged that this movie discredited his efforts as a writer.
