Esha Deol doesn’t think Kangana Ranaut should quit acting to join politics: ‘Even my mother…’

Esha Deol disagreed that Kangana Ranaut would be a better politician than an actor. She praised her performance in J Jayalalithaa's biopic Thalaivii.

By: Entertainment Desk

New Delhi | Updated: September 6, 2023 11:02 AM IST

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Esha Deol thinks Kangana Ranaut is a 'great' actor. (Photo: Kangana Ranaut, Esha Deol/Instagram)

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Actor Esha Deol recently praised Kangana Ranaut for her acting skills and disagreed with an interviewer who said that Kangana is more popular because of her social media antics than her films. Kangana often takes to Twitter and Instagram to share her opinions on not just the Indian film industry, but on everything that happens in the country, including her political beliefs.

Esha recently showcased a glimpse of her Mumbai bungalow during an interview with Bollywood Bubble. In the video, she also played a game with the interviewer where she could ask three questions to him. One of her questions was, ‘Which actress, from this generation, do you feel should honestly take up some other profession?’

When the interviewer replied that Kangana should become a politician since “her tweets are a major point of conversation”, Esha disagreed. She said, “She is a fantastic actor. I loved her in Thalaivi. Even my mom, being an actor, is in politics, so what? I don’t agree. I think she’s doing a great job.”

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Kangana Ranaut’s Thalaivii was released in theatres in 2021 and is now streaming on Netflix. The film is based on the life of former actress and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa. The film features Kangana as Jayalalithaa and South superstar Arvind Swami as M. G. Ramachandran. The film explores the relationship between Jayalalithaa and MGR and the former’s rise as an actor and a politician.

Recently, Kangana participated in the ongoing debate around the speculated change in the country’s name. She took to her Instagram stories hailing the name ‘Bharat’ instead of India. In one of her Instagram stories, she gave the meaning of the word Bharat, “The Sanskrit word Bharata describes Agni. This word has Sanskrit root bhr means ‘to bear/carry’. It also means, ‘one who is engaged in search of knowledge’.”

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Meanwhile, Kangana Ranaut is looking forward to the release of her Tamil film Chandramukhi 2. Directed by P Vasu, this movie is the sequel to the 2005 blockbuster Chandramukhi.

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