The Hrithik-Kangana spat has been making waves in the media ever since it began a few years ago. Although the initial response of the media was to treat it like any other link-up rumour among stars in B-town, Kangana talking about Hrithik as a “silly-ex” followed with Hrithik sending her a legal notice has escalated the whole situation.
While Kangana chose to speak on mutiple platforms, Hrithik chose silence and it was not until recently that he addressed the elephant in the room, and spoke about it in a Facebook post and two interviews. Hrithik, who has been receiving widespread support from his friends and fans whether it is Farhan Aktar, Yami Gautam or Rohit Roy, has taken to Facebook once again.
However, this time he has addressed the media coverage that the controversy has been gathering and made an appeal to his supporters. He wrote on his Facebook post,
I am writing this in response to the several interview requests that I am getting from various media houses. I have given two. Due to the media dynamics of our times there is a justified pressure on me to give more.
Print. Digital. Various other languages. Platforms that will give me much much wider reach.
I would apologise to those who have made these well meaning requests and would humbly say that I don’t wish to speak on this issue. I have had to give out my side of truth under some very compelling circumstances.
In the interest of civility and human dignity we should not make a spectacle of this issue. Media is an integral part of our civil society and they would know that continued discourse on this issue is gaining toxic dimensions.
I am no one to suggest what media should cover or not but if this under investigation case is factually covered through the developments of police investigation and courts, that would be a breather for a lot of us.
I am extremely thankful to people who have supported me in this painfully unfortunate episode. But my request to all friends and observers would be to stop taking sides in this issue. This is an unfortunate issue and not a contest of sorts. Before this is dangerously hijacked into a man vs woman, insider vs outsider, privileged vs non privileged issue we must stop. Please don’t support me. Don’t take sides.
I am by no means seeking to close this issue. The only thing I am suggesting is to let the investigations be the only spokesperson in this issue henceforth.
There is no denying that the media, Bollywood and everyone in between has become invested in this controversy and are waiting with bated breath for the final judgement to unfold. But, the entire controversy has been twisted into a public spectacle of a gender-war and maybe judgement should be reserved until a trial.