Kangana Ranaut on Jaya Bachchan’s outburst in Parliament about being called Jaya Amitabh Bachchan: ‘A very shameful thing…’

Kangana shared her opinions on Jaya Bachchan taking offence against being called Jaya Amitabh Bachchan in parliament, and blamed feminism for making the society go down the wrong path

By: Entertainment Desk

Chennai | September 2, 2024 10:18 AM IST

3 min read

Kangana Ranaut praised Jaya Bachchan

Actor and politician Jaya Bachchan was in the eye of repeated storms in the Parliament recently. After not seeing eye-to-eye with Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankar over his choice of referring to her as Jaya Amitabh Bachchan, the veteran actor had a few heated exchanges about not wanting to be referred to with her husband’s name. She said, “This is a new way that women be known by their husband’s name. As if they have no identity of their own, no achievements…” This to-and-fro spread over sessions lead to a lot of furore in the Parliament, including the Chairman saying, “I don’t want schooling… You may be anybody. You may be a celebrity, but you have to understand the decorum.” Talking about this incident in an interview to Fever FM, actor and politician Kangana Ranaut said, “This is a very shameful thing that today, the beautiful differences between a man and a woman, as made by nature, is looked at as discrimination.”

Delving deeper into the issue, Kangana opined, “A man is a man, and a woman is a woman, and togetherness is a beautiful happening. These are petty issues. In the name of feminism, people are going in a ugly direction… Society is going into an ugly direction.” Labelling this need of Jaya Bachchan to assert her individual identity as “arrogance” Kangana said, “This arrogance hasn’t spared even the beautiful bond within families. Humans should embrace each other and not dissect each other with this sort of harshness. People are simply flaring up with the name coming up like they’re getting a panic attack or something. And when they say, ‘My identity is taken over, I am destroyed’ I just feel sad.”

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Kangana is currently doing the promotional rounds for her next directorial, Emergency, which is slated for a September 6 release. However, with censor certification yet to be completed for Emergency, considering the sensitive nature of themes handled in the film, it is speculated that the release might be rescheduled. Emergency is based on the life of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, and Kangana is playing her role. Apart from Kangana, the film also stars Anupam Kher, Shreyas Talpade, Mahima Chaudhary, and Milind Soman. This is not the first rescheduling of the release date of the film, which was initially supposed to be a November 2023 release.

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