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Fresh off her one-sided online feud with legendary actor Jaya Bachchan, her fellow actor-politician Kangana Ranaut made some more pot-stirring statements. In a recent interview, the actor talked extensively about the relationships and experiences she has had with her male co-stars, and how certain unpleasant incidents forced her to take matters into her own hands. She insisted that as a society, we are still quick to blame young and ambitious woman, while forgiving men for their missteps.
While making an appearance on Hauterrfly’s YouTube channel, Kangana talked about the struggles she faced during the early days of her career and how she barely escaped the dark side of the film industry. She said, “Of course I got called for a casting couch. The industry is a dirty and filthy place, and it’s very unkind to outsiders. I talked about this very openly and extensively during the ‘me too’ campaign. Outsiders deal with a lot of exploitation in this place, and that also happens in the parallel industries, like in Lokhandwala. I have gone to these places, I have worked there, and I am lucky that I got a break early in my life. There are so many people who still wander those streets and have lost themselves and their identity.”
She said that many of her male co-stars never saw her as equal. “I haven’t worked a lot with male actors, because the main concern at the back of my mind was always that heroes are very batameez (rude), and not in a sexually inappropriate way. It’s the way they do everything, coming late to sets, belittling female stars and sidelining them during work. Look at the number of cases that were filed against me. They give you smaller vans and make you feel secondary. I suffered through a lot of this behaviour, and there are a lot of female stars who are okay with all of it, but I wasn’t. People questioned me about my decision to speak up and not take it lying down, and they called me full of myself,” said Kangana.
The actor then addressed allegations levelled against her about ‘going after married men’ and said that people are quick to blame women. She stated, “When you are young and ambitious, and a married man with kids hits on you, it’s you who are falling for someone in a relationship. It’s not the man’s fault. People always find a way to blame the women in the situation. Look at the rape victims who get blamed for wearing certain types of clothes or being out late at night. All these are markers of the wrong mentality.”
Kangana has been involved in legal battles with Aditya Pancholi and Hrithik Roshan. In an interview with Hindustan Times, Hrithik had said, “There is no legal case that I directly have with the lady (Kangana), and the reason I cannot have one is because apparently a guy cannot be stalked in India.” Pancholi’s wife, Zarina Wahab, has also spoken extensively about the affair.
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