Kangana Ranaut is known for taking a dig at the Bollywood industry, and the Judgementall Hai Kya song, Wakhra Swag, launch event was no exception. However, this time it was not B’town. The actor had a heated argument with a journalist from PTI, accusing him of bashing Manikarnika.
When Justin Rao introduced himself, she immediately dug up the old topic and said, “You were bashing Manikarnika. Have I done anything wrong by making a film on nationalism? You called me a jingoistic woman who is making a film on nationalism.” To which the journalist replied that he hadn’t tweeted anything along the same lines. “You cannot intimidate a journalist because you are in a power position”, he said.
Listen to the full argument here:
Kangana did not stop there. She added that Justin had come to her vanity van before and spent three hours there. “Of course there can be differences, but I have given you interviews before. You came to my van to interview me during Manikarnika, spent at least three hours there and we had lunch together. However, things have changed drastically after that. You had messaged me also, so don’t tell me I am trying to intimidate you.”
The journalist, however, confirmed that he hadn’t texted Kangana and the interview lasted only half an hour. “If you have the prejudice of twisting whatever I say, I cannot speak to you”, the actor added. Kangana also said that the journalist was harming her brand by saying these things and he had conducted smear campaigns against her.
Earlier, Justin Rao had taken to Twitter to share what happened at the Manikarnika success party. After the Pulwama attack, Kangana had slammed Shabana Azmi and some others for organising an event in Pakistan, considering Pakistani artistes were banned in India after the Uri attack. “How, then, would you view the release of Manikarnika in Pakistan despite the same Uri attack?”, he asked.
Take a look at her response:
Twitter was quick to react to the spat. Other journalists criticised Kangana, while her sister Rangoli and fans rushed to defend her.
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