Emraan Hashmi is ‘dumbfounded’ by Kangana Ranaut’s nepotism claims: ‘She was given the center stage in Gangster when I had given a hit’

Emraan Hashmi recently shared how he is fond of his Gangster co-star Kangana Ranaut, reveals she was given the center stage in the film despite him having a hit film to his credit.

Emraan Hashmin comments on Kangana Ranaut with regards to the nepotism debate

Emraan Hashmi and Kangana Ranaut have worked together on several films. (Photos: Emraan Hashmi, Kangana Ranaut/Instagram)

Actor Emraan Hashmi recently spoke about the nepotism debate in Bollywood and even commented on the negativity towards the industry after Covid-19. During the promotions of his latest web show Showtime, Emraan shared his views on Kangana Ranaut’s claims of nepotism in Bollywood. During an interview with Dainik Bhaskar, Emraan praised Kangana and revisited the time they worked together in Gangster.

During the conversation when Emraan was asked about the perception of the industry after the pandemic, he said, “There was a lot of negativity towards the industry after Covid, and even after the Sushant Singh Rajput episode, and the Boycott Bollywood trend for that matter. There was a resentment, where the entertainment industry was focused on singularly.”

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Keeping his views over the Kangana Ranaut-started debate on nepotism in Bollywood, Emraan said, “I like Kangana a lot personally, as an artist, and a person. Maybe she might have had some bad experiences in the film industry. My experience with Kangana was such, that I had given a hit that time, but still in Gangster I took the villain’s role where she was given center stage. It was almost like a female-centric film. So, I don’t know when this perception about the industry started and people started saying that we all are drug addicts or the industry only works through nepotism. I think it is dumbfounding and not true.”

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For those who don’t know, it was in 2016, when Kangana Ranaut called director-producer Karan Johar the ‘flagbearer of nepotism’ and ‘movie mafia’ and accused him of giving her a tough time professionally, during one of the episodes of Koffee With Karan. Now, almost eight years later, a web series called Showtime has been made which is also built around the premises of nepotism in the industry.

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Showtime will stream on Disney Plus Hotstar on 8th March. The show also stars Naseeruddin Shah, Mouni Roy, Rajeev Khandelwal, and Shriya Saran in important roles. On the work front, Emraan was last seen as a villain on the big screen in Tiger 3. Next, he will have a cameo in Sara Ali Khan’s Ae Watan Mere Watan, Emraan will also star in two Telugu projects, namely, They Call Him OG and G2.

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