Kangana Ranaut can be a lot of things. She can be controversial, spiteful, unnecessarily mean and a loudmouth. But people can’t deny that she is one of the few people in the Hindi Film Industry who has a spine, speaks out against favouritism and lobbying, speaks up for women and equal opportunities and doesn’t go against what she stands for because of a role. And yes, she is a damn good actor.
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R Madhavan, who acted alongside her in the hit films ‘Tanu Weds Manu’ and ‘Tanu Weds Manu Returns’, spoke about how Kangana is a strong woman and isn’t a ‘cliché’ heroine.
According to DNA, Madhavan first spoke about how he grew up in the midst of strong women and now that he is working in films, he has been lucky to walk shoulder to shoulder with women who are not pushovers and have opinions.
He feels that women are the stronger species and men rely on them every day. He calls it the “universal truth”.
“If you look at all the leading ladies of all my films, they are very very strong. I had the good fortune of growing up with some really strong women in my house itself. My mother was the manager of a bank in Bihar for 30 years. So you see how strong women are. I think they are the stronger species. They last much longer. If you look at your grandparents, I can promise you that today your grandfather would be actually relying more on your grandmother than vice versa. That’s a universal truth that all men have to reconcile with,” he said.
Talking about Kangana Ranaut and Shalini, with whom he starred in the Tamil film ‘Alai Payuthey’, Madhavan said:
“Working with the likes of Kangana or Shalini or all the strong women that I had the good fortune to work with, they were all women with opinions. They are not pushovers. They are not the cliché heroines, who come in and dance in a couple of movies and get slapped by the man and walk away. These are not the kind of films I have ever done or want to do in my life. People who indulge in that kind of stories are really foolish in today’s world.”
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He went on to give Kangana credit and said that she is extremely smart and an extraordinary actor.
” I am giving Kangana the due credit for it, it is extremely smart and important for all of us. She is really an extraordinary actor who brings so much to the roles that she does. And look at what she is doing today across all genres of films, I am quite in awe.”
Giving credit where it’s due! Do you agree with what Madhavan has to say?