Another day, another Kangana Ranaut controversy. It looks like the Bollywood actress will always be part of the news because she really can never stop speaking, about anything, to anyone. Just recently, post winning the prestigious Padma Shri award at Rashtrapati Bhavan, Kangana, like any other actress or human being, could have gone about her business.
But she didn't. She stirred up a controversy by saying that India’s Independence in 1947 was not freedom but actually “bheek” (alms). The Queen actress said that it was actually in 2014 that India really got its independence. Her statements obviously did not go down well with anyone, with politicians across the country criticizing for coming up with such a thing.
However, she stayed firm and said that if proven wrong, she would actually go on to return her Padma Shri. While everyone has been left divided by her statements, there is one person who is having none of it.
Lilabai Chitale, India's 91-year-old freedom fighter, slammed Kangana for her comments in a video that has now gone viral on social media. In the video, Chitale can be seen condemning Kangana's statements, with the freedom fighter even urging PM Modi to take action against her.
91 year old freedom fighter expresses anger against KR's statement of bheekh pic.twitter.com/iPwbG4sadI
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The translated soundbite of the freedom fighter goes something like, "I am a freedom fighter and what Kangana said was very painful and disrespectful. I was arrested at the age of 12 and both my parents and brother had been in jail. I urge PM Narendra Modi to condemn her."
Earlier, Bollywood music director and singer Vishal Dadlani, who is also very vocal about social and political issues on social media, took to Instagram to express his opinion about the remark.
While sharing a picture of himself wearing a T-shirt with the face of freedom fighter Bhagat Singh, he stated, “Remind the lady who said our Independence was ‘bheekh’. The man on my t-shirt is Shaheed Sardar Bhagat Singh, atheist, poet-philosopher, Freedom Fighter, son of India, and son of a Farmer. He gave his life for our freedom, for India’s Independence at age 23, and went to the gallows with a smile and a song on his lips. Remind her of him, of Sukhdev, of Rajguru, of Ashfaqullah, and all the many thousands of others who refused to bow refused to beg. Remind her politely, but strongly, so she never again dares to forget.”
Everyone knows that Kangana often lands herself in the middle of controversies, but pretty much no one expected her to say something like that. Do you think she was right? Or do you think she should be condemned for it? Let us know in the comments below.
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