Kangana Ranaut, who is gearing up for the release of Simran, much like most of her other interviews in the past few weeks, spoke her mind about the industry and its people. Speaking to India Today, the actress admitted that it was nice of Karan Johar to apologise for the ‘Nepotism Rocks’ skit performed at the recently held IIFA awards.
“We have never spoken after that. He seemed quite okay on his show and when we were chit-chatting after the show also. It’s only when Rangoon flopped that he got offended. But he apologised (for “nepostism rocks”). It was nice of him to make sure of that,” she says, adding that the industry aren’t too welcoming to outsiders in reality.
“It has a lot to do with how I am, where I come from. It bothers them that how can this cattle-grazing crowd be here. How can the Hindi medium types be in a position to tell us?”
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Ranaut, who has also been battling writer Apurva Asrani over credits for Simran, gave her version of the events too, admitting that it appeared as though Asrani was almost blackmailing the director, Hansal Mehta. Worried that his work wasn’t up to the mark, in addition to being shocked that his previous works weren’t by him, Ranaut suggested to Mehta about replacing Asrani. However, the whole issue about writing credits unfolded, and she felt she should be given her due considering she rewrote a lot.
“He should answer that when everyone has given him credit in the film and he agreed to give me my credit, why did he write that sob story? Why did he lie to people? I want to know what his answer is,” she tells India Today.
Simran, releases on September 15 and is said to be a crime/drama film.