Kangana Ranaut’s explosive new interview – her first major conversation, after the demolition of her Mumbai office, by the hands of BBC, is one of the most watched videos in the Indian YouTube domain right now.
In her conversation with Times Now’s Navika Kumar, the actress addressed all the allegations made against her, while also throwing more light on the ones that have been made from her end, in the recent past.
The actress made a number of serious allegations against the way the industry functions and also called out the silence of people when it comes to Sushant Singh Rajput’s death and the ongoing investigations and also the way she received multiple threats, after speaking against the Maharashtra government.
Compiling down some of the most bombastic statements made by the firecracker actress, here are the top 10 quotes by Ms. Ranaut from the interview.
1) On the allegation, that she’s doing this to join politics
I’m the highest paid actress of India, I don’t have to do all this to enter politics…My calendar is booked for the next 5 years and I don’t have time to even breathe, yet I’m ready to fight.
2) On being emotionally tormented due to the demolition of her property
The place where you live is an extension of your body. If there’s a robbery (in your house), even if they don’t take anything, you still feel violated. And they ripped off my walls, my roofs. I felt violated and I was tortured.
3) On being bullied by the government
They tried a lot to put me behind bars and to make an example out of me, that this is what will happen if you raise voice against the government.
4) On people, who are saying, she’s defaming Mumbai
And people who are saying ‘why you are maligning Mumbai’? What is there to malign? Why [these] people are getting defensive? Because they are a part of those practices.
5) On Jaya Bachchan’s selective outrage
They broke my house in broad daylight and wrote the headline ‘Ukhaad Diya’ – why Jaya Bachchan ji cannot see that? She doesn’t want to see it. Our blood is like water [for them].
6) On Bollywood’s silence in Sushant Singh Rajput’s case
These people have become so thick-skinned. A father has lost his son, who always used to say that he was being bullied. Couldn’t they come out and say we sympathise with your pain?
7) Comparing her comment with the one, allegedly made by Rahul Gandhi
Rahul Gandhi says that India is like Syria, nobody breaks his house. May be, I should have used the word ‘Syria’ instead of ‘POK’.
8) On Industry’s connections with the underworld and Dawood Ibrahim
Just a generation before, so many artists were seen dancing in Dawood’s parties. Who are they trying to fool?
9) On actresses being expected to sleep with the hero to find success
The expectation from a girl is to behave like a wife on the sets. And next film comes next hero comes. This is the truth of the industry. Maybe, Jaya Bachchan was protected woman because she had a powerful man by her side. But what happened to Parveen Babi and Zeenat Aman, we also cannot deny those?
10) On people stating, she’s saying things to gain something
You have to, on you own perception, decide – what is there for me to gain? Definitely not films. Not Brands. Not Friends. What am I gaining in this? None of these people, I have any personal equation or vengeance with…but I’m still speaking.
11) On being accused of joining politics
To people who are saying I want to join politics – well, anybody from veterans, to new, to Tamil actors, to Hindi actors, to bhojpuri actors, everybody gets a ticket. I don’t have to do this. To join politics – Did anybody break Jaya Ji’s house, did she bust a drug-racket, what did she do to deserve [to be an MP].
12) On those who were laughing when her property was taken down
The so called liberal people of Bollywood were celebrating when my house was broken down…they are celebrating the open lynching of democracy.
Aaj yeh government hai, kal koi aur government aayegi. Uske khilaaf koi awaz uthayega uska ghar toda jayega, aur woh government kya kahegi – jab kangana ka ghar toota tha tab toh tum chup the. Toh aaj jo khushiya mana rahe hai, tum log apni maut ka gadda khod rahe ho. Sarakaro toh aati jaati hai, leking jab democracy ka rape hota hai, aur jab aap chup hote hai – toh ek din aapka bhi rape hoga, aur tab janta chup hogi.
13) On those, who remained silent at her ordeal, but spoke out in support of Jaya Bachchan
Inmein se ek bhi insaan nahi hai jo self-indepedant hai. Sab ke sab roti pe palne wale paltu hai. Unko roti milti hai, aur woh pura gang waise hi shuru ho jata hai. In logo ko ek roti mein khareed lo.
14) On the pursuit of ‘new India’, a comment made in contrast with Jaya Bachchan’s statement – ‘Jis thaali mein khate ho, usi mein chhed karte ho’
Roti is not the pursuit of young India anymore. This needs to sink in from film industry people.
15) An Indirect jibe at Aamir Khan’s intolerance remark, contrasting it with how her remark was received
There are some who will say ‘intolerance’, and create a situation of panic in the country and nobody has broken a brick of their house.
16) On Maharashtra government going against her, for speaking up against the industry
They can’t threaten a woman simply because she’s questioning their way of working?
You can watch the complete interview below:
There’s no stopping Kangana!